Terence_Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,_2nd_Marquess_of_Dufferin_and_Ava
Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
British diplomat
Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava DL JP (16 March 1866 – 7 February 1918), styled Lord Terence Blackwood between 1888 and 1900 and Earl of Ava between 1900 and 1902, was a British diplomat.[1]
The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 16 March 1866 (1866-03-16) |
Died | 7 February 1918(1918-02-07) (aged 51) London, England |
Nationality | British |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Hariot Rowan-Hamilton |
Relatives | Basil Temple Blackwood (brother) Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (brother) |
Residence(s) | Clandeboye Estate, County Down |
Lord Dufferin was the second son of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava and Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.[2][3] His father was Governor General of Canada of in the 1870s and Viceroy and Governor-General of India in the 1880s and his mother was known for leading an initiative to improve medical care for women in British India.[4]
His paternal grandparents were Price Blackwood, 4th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye and Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (a granddaughter of the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan), members of the Ascendancy, Ireland's Anglo-Irish aristocracy. His maternal grandfather was Archibald Hamilton-Rowan of Killyleagh Castle (now Northern Ireland).
As a younger son, he was not expected to inherit the title, but on the death of his brother Archibald, Earl of Ava at the Siege of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War on 11 January 1900,[5] he became the heir and assumed the courtesy title Earl of Ava himself before succeeding his father in 1902.[6]
From 1891 to 1918, he worked as a clerk at the Foreign Office, Second Secretary of the Diplomatic Service and a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for County Down.[7]
Lord Dufferin married Florence "Flora" Davis,[8] a rich American singer who was the daughter of New York banker John Hagy Davis,[9] of 24 Washington Square, New York City,[10][11] in 1893.[12] Together, they were the parents of three daughters:[13]
- Lady Doris Gwendoline Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (1895–1984), who married Captain Cecil Bernard Gunston, MC (1885–1934) of the Coldstream Guards, son of Major Bernard Gunston, formerly of the 5th Dragoon Guards, on 19 October 1922.[13]
- Lady Ursula Florence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (9 Feb 1899-13 Feb 1982), who married Arthur Swithin Newton Horne, formerly of The King's Own Royal Border Regiment and Government Secretary of the Federated Malay States (d. 1954).[13]
- Lady Patricia Ethel Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (1902–1983), who married Henry Russell, the former director of the Boston Opera Company and the son of musician Henry Russell, on 11 June 1926.[13][14]
Lord Dufferin died from pneumonia on 7 February 1918 and was buried at the Dufferin ancestral seat of Clandeboye, County Down.[15] The marquessate passed to his youngest brother, Lord Frederick Blackwood.[16] Two years after his death his widow married again, to Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe, and died on 14 April 1925.[17][18]
Descendants
Through his eldest daughter, he was the grandfather of Hermione Hamilton Gunston (b. 1923), who married Lt. Col. Sir Walter Luttrell MC, and Sonia Helen Gunston JP (b. 1926), appointed Temporary Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II in 1967, and who married Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (d.1964) and had issue including Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (b. 1956).
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- Black, Charles Edward Drummond (1903). The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava: Diplomatist, Viceroy, Statesman. Hutchinson. p. 392.
- "A Biography of Dufferin" (PDF). The New York Times. 11 April 1903.
- Forbes, Geraldine Hancock (1943). Women in Colonial India: Essays on Politics, Medicine, and Historiography. New Delhi: Chronicle Books. ISBN 8180280179. OCLC 60396009.
- The Current Encyclopedia: A Monthly Record of Human Progress. Hearst's International. 1902. p. 1124.
- Archives, The National. "Blackwood, Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple- (1866-1918) 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. The Discovery Service. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- Chambliss, William H. (1895). Chambliss Diary: Or, Society as it Really is. Chambliss. p. 16.
- MacColl, Gail; Wallace, Carol (2012). To Marry an English Lord. Workman Publishing. p. 379. ISBN 9780761171959.
- "Dufferin and Ava, Marquess of (UK, 1888 - 1988)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- "Obituary: Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava". The Independent. 23 May 1998. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022.
- "Florence (née Davis), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (later Countess Howe) - Person - National Portrait Gallery". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- Photograph of the 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava photogravure by Walker & Boutall and by Gunn & Stuart
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Preceded by | Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 1902–1918 |
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