origin of name for aberdeen

Question

I live 50 miles from Aberdeen in Scotland and would like to know how the this name came to be associated with Hong Kong?

CK · Answer

This place was named after the British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen and has no relationship with that place in Scotland.

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origin of name for Aberdeen