Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud

Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( "ʿAbd Allāh bin ʿAbd ar-Raḥman Āl Suʿūd"; 1893 – 4 December 1976) was a senior member of the House of Saud. He was a prominent advisor and member of the inner council of his elder brother, King Abdulaziz, who ruled Saudi Arabia until 1953. He continued to be involved in state affairs until his death and enjoyed the role of elder statesman to his nephews King Saud, King Faisal, and King Khalid.
Early life.
Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman was born in 1893. He was the seventh son of Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, Emir of Nejd, and one of the grandsons of Emir Faisal bin Turki.
Career.
Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman was prominent in the military campaigns of his elder brother Abdulaziz as he laid the foundations of the future state of Saudi Arabia. He led the Saudi forced in the capture of Hijaz in 1924. He was responsible for the capture and destruction of the Ikhwan centre of Ghat Ghat during the Ikhwan Revolt of 1929. He became a frequent participant in the political committee formed by the King in 1932 following the establishment of Saudi Arabia. He was the key counsellor of the King, the member of the privy council, and one of the king's official advisors until the King's death in 1953. He was a participant at the meeting with the British prime minister Winston Churchill in 1945, and was given a left-hand side Rolls-Royce. He also accompanied King Abdulaziz to the meeting with Franklin D. Roosevelt on 14 February 1945.
Abdullah was part of the council of ministers with the title of chief advisor to King Saud. During the rivalry between King Saud and Crown Prince Faisal, Abdullah first supported the former in 1960. However, from 1961 he endorsed the actions of the latter, facilitating Faisal's attempts to be successful. Upon Prince Abdullah's endorsement of Crown Prince Faisal King Saud reduced his allowance in April 1961.
On 6 January 1965 Prince Abdullah accompanied Saud in the latter's declaration of allegiance to King Faisal. At the beginning of King Faisal's reign Prince Abdullah became a member of the council which had been established by him to guide the succession issues. 
Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman was among five senior princes who met immediately after the assassination of King Faisal and proclaimed then Crown Prince Khalid the king of Saudi Arabia.
Views, personal life and death.
Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman was conservative, and opposed some new policies of King Faisal, including reduction of financial support to tribal leaders, religious figures and older members of the royal family as well as educational reforms.
Noura bint Fahd Al Muhanna Aba Al Khail was one of his spouses and the mother of Khalid bin Abdullah. His son, Abdul Rahman, was one of the members of Al Saud Family Council which was established in June 2000 by then Crown Prince Abdullah to discuss private issues, including business activities of princes and marriages of princesses to nonroyals. Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah married to the daughter of his uncle, Noura bint Musaid, who died in July 2016. 
Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman's son, Khalid bin Abdullah, married to Al Jawhara bint Abdulaziz, full sister of the Sudairi Seven. One of his daughters, Jawhara bint Abdullah, married Saud bin Faisal, former foreign affairs minister of Saudi Arabia. 
Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman died on 4 December 1976.