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Authorised form of nameBlackwood; Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple (1826 - 1902); 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
Dates1826 - 1902
Place of birthFlorence, Italy
Date of birth21 June 1826
Place of deathClandeboye House, Belfast
Date of death12/02/1902
ActivityEducation:
Eton; Christ Church, Oxford
Career:
President, Oxford Union (1847); Lord in Waiting (1854-1858); Under Secretary for India (1864-1866); Privy Councillor (1868); Governor General of Canada (1872-1878); Ambassador to St Petersburg (1879-1881); Ambassador to Constantinople (1881-1884); Viceroy of India (1884-1888); Ambassador to Rome (1889-1891); Ambassador to Paris (1891-1896); Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (1891-1895)
Honours:
Baron Clandeboye 1850; KCB 1861; KP 1864; GCMG 1876; GCB 1883; GCSI 1884; GCIE 1887; Marquess 1888
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/02/1865
RelationshipsSon of Price Blackwood, 4th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye; married (1862) Harriet Georgina, daughter of Archibald Rowan-Hamilton; added the name of Hamilton by Royal Licence (1862); later added the name of Temple
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 09 April 1870
Notes:
Elected a Fellow before becoming Marquess. In R and index to BR, the name of his title is spelt Claneboye, whereas DNB gives Clandeboye.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/29677139
CodeNA6595
Archives associated with this Fellow
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NLB/6/653Copy letter from Theodore E James, to [Harrison & Sons]21 June 1892
NLB/17/453Copy letter from Michael Foster and Arthur William Rucker, to Lord Farrer Herschell, Marquis of Ripon [George Frederick Samuel Robinson], Marquis of Dufferin and Ava [Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple Blackwood], Right Honourable John Morley3 November 1898
MC/7/178Letter from [Marquis of] Dufferin, India Office, to the Royal Society18 February 1865
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
MC/9/541Letter from J [James] Luard Pattison, Private Secretary, Government House, Ottawa, Canada, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London30 April 1873
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
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