Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameSir Frederick HAMILTON-TEMPLE-BLACKWOOD Lord Dufferin 
6880
6880BurialBangor, County Down, Northern Ireland7591
FatherSir Price TEMPLE-BLACKWOOD Lord Dufferin (1794-1841)
MotherHelen Selina SHERIDAN (1807-1867)
Individual Notes
• 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava.6900
• Dufferin and Claneboye, Baron (Frederick Temple Blackwood), of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh, co. Down, in the peerage of Ireland; Baron Clandeboye, of Clandeboye, co. Down, in that of the United Kingdom; and a Baronet; b, in June, 1826; s. as 5th baron, on the death of his father, 21 July, 1841.6881
• Gov.-Gen. of the Dominion of Canada, 1872 to 1878.6887
• The 5th Baron was the celebrated publicist, diplomatist and statesman, K.P., D.C., Lieutenant and Custos Rotolorum of co. Down; Vice-Admiral of the Province of Ulster; Chancellor of the Royal University of Ireland; Governor General of Canada, 1872-78; ambassador at St. Petersburg, 1879-81; Constantinople, 1881-84; Viceroy of India, 1884-88; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of Italy, 1888-91, and to the French Republic, 1891-96; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1891-95. He was created Marquess in 1888, and died in 1902. His wife was the eldest daughter of the late Archibald Rowan Hamilton, of Killyleagh Castle, co. Down, and sister of the present owner of that historic seat, Colonel Gawen William Rowan Hamilton.6908
• When Governor General of Canada, the Marquess of Dufferin and his wife Harriet Hamilton visited Chatham, when I don’t know, but they went by our old house at 157 Park St. in a motorcade, and Grandmother Read said “Harriet was her cousin.”
I firmly believe this to be true, as there is too many consistencies to our family history which are parallel to the Killyleagh Castle Hamiltons.2346
• a grandson was killed near Ava in Burma (from whence the title) during the Second World War.6926
• There is a life of Lord Dufferin by Harold Nicholson (Helen’s Tower, 1937).6926
• Dufferin and Claneboye, Baron (Frederick Temple Blackwood), of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh, co. Down, in the peerage of Ireland; Baron Clandeboye, of Clandeboye, co. Down, in that of the United Kingdom; and a Baronet; b, in June, 1826; s. as 5th baron, on the death of his father, 21 July, 1841.6881
• Gov.-Gen. of the Dominion of Canada, 1872 to 1878.6887
• The 5th Baron was the celebrated publicist, diplomatist and statesman, K.P., D.C., Lieutenant and Custos Rotolorum of co. Down; Vice-Admiral of the Province of Ulster; Chancellor of the Royal University of Ireland; Governor General of Canada, 1872-78; ambassador at St. Petersburg, 1879-81; Constantinople, 1881-84; Viceroy of India, 1884-88; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of Italy, 1888-91, and to the French Republic, 1891-96; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1891-95. He was created Marquess in 1888, and died in 1902. His wife was the eldest daughter of the late Archibald Rowan Hamilton, of Killyleagh Castle, co. Down, and sister of the present owner of that historic seat, Colonel Gawen William Rowan Hamilton.6908
• When Governor General of Canada, the Marquess of Dufferin and his wife Harriet Hamilton visited Chatham, when I don’t know, but they went by our old house at 157 Park St. in a motorcade, and Grandmother Read said “Harriet was her cousin.”
I firmly believe this to be true, as there is too many consistencies to our family history which are parallel to the Killyleagh Castle Hamiltons.2346
• a grandson was killed near Ava in Burma (from whence the title) during the Second World War.6926
• There is a life of Lord Dufferin by Harold Nicholson (Helen’s Tower, 1937).6926
Spouses
Birth5 Feb 1843, Ireland?6928
Burial28 Oct 1936, Clandeboye, County Down, Northern Ireland6928
FatherArchibald Rowan HAMILTON (1818-1860)
MotherCatherine Anne CALDWELL
Individual Notes
• After several generations of Dufferins, in 1862 the eldest son married Harriet Rowan-Hamilton, the eldest daughter of the Castle, and the two families were reunited. The husband was created 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava and the family seat is still Clandeboye which had come to the original Miss Hamilton of the gatehouse when the Hamilton estates were equally divided.6900
• His wife was the eldest daughter of the late Archibald Rowan Hamilton, of Killyleagh Castle, co. Down, and sister of the present owner of that historic seat, Colonel Gawen William Rowan Hamilton.6908,6887
• Lady Dufferin was very active during her husband’s term as Governor General. She was the first spouse to accompany the Governor General on a tour, visiting southern Ontario in 1872.6912
• Throughout the Dufferin’s term of office, Lady Dufferin wrote weekly letters to her mother back in Ireland.6912
• When Governor General of Canada, the Marquess of Dufferin and his wife Harriet Hamilton visited Chatham, when I don’t know, but they went by our old house at 157 Park St. in a motorcade, and Grandmother Read said “Harriet was her cousin.”
I firmly believe this to be true, as there is too many consistencies to our family history which are parallel to the Killyleagh Castle Hamiltons.2346
• His wife was the eldest daughter of the late Archibald Rowan Hamilton, of Killyleagh Castle, co. Down, and sister of the present owner of that historic seat, Colonel Gawen William Rowan Hamilton.6908,6887
• Lady Dufferin was very active during her husband’s term as Governor General. She was the first spouse to accompany the Governor General on a tour, visiting southern Ontario in 1872.6912
• Throughout the Dufferin’s term of office, Lady Dufferin wrote weekly letters to her mother back in Ireland.6912
• When Governor General of Canada, the Marquess of Dufferin and his wife Harriet Hamilton visited Chatham, when I don’t know, but they went by our old house at 157 Park St. in a motorcade, and Grandmother Read said “Harriet was her cousin.”
I firmly believe this to be true, as there is too many consistencies to our family history which are parallel to the Killyleagh Castle Hamiltons.2346
ChildrenArchibald James (1863-1900)
Helen Hermione (1865-1941)
Terence John (1866-1918)
Hermione Catherine Helen (1869-1960)
Ian Basil Gawin (1870-1917)
Victoria Alexandrina (1873-1968)
Frederick Temple (1875-1930)