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| Dufferin and Ava, Marquis of. Hon. LL.D. 1891. [Only s. of Price, Baron Dufferin.] B. June 21, 1826. School, Eton. Matric. Oct. 16, 1844, at Christ Church, Oxford. Hon. D.C.L. Oxford, 1879; Hon. LL.D. Harvard, 1878; Dublin, 1879; Edinburgh, Glasgow, MacGill and Laval. F.R.S. Doctor of Oriental Learning, Punjab University. Lord in Waiting to Queen Victoria, 1849-52 and 1854-8. Attached to Earl Russell's special Mission to Vienna, 1855. Special Commissioner to Syria, 1859-60. Under-Secretary of State for India, 1864-6. K.P., 1864. Under-Secretary for War, 1866. P.C. 1868. Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster and Paymaster-General, 1868. Governor-General of Canada, 1872-8. G.C.M.G., 1876; G.C.S.I., 1888. Ambassador to Emperor of Russia, 1879; to Sultan of Turkey, 1881. Viceroy of India, 1884-8. Ambassador to King of Italy, 1888; to the French Republic, 1891. Married, Oct. 23, 1862, Harriot Georgina, eldest dau. of Archibald Rowan-Hamilton, of Killyleagh Castle, Co. Down, when he took the name of Hamilton by Royal Licence to which he subsequently added Temple before the patronymic of Blackwood. Publications: Letters from High Altitudes, 1856; Irish Emigration and Tenure of Land in Ireland, 1867; Pamphlets on the Irish Land Question, 1870-8. 'A great diplomatist and orator.' Of Clandeboye, Co. Down, Ireland. Died Feb. 12, 1902. (Eton Sch. Lists; Al. Oxon.; Burke, P. and B.; G.E.C.; Who was Who, 1897-1916; Cambridge Review, June 11, 1891, 380.) | Marquis of DUFFERIN AND AVA Approx. lifespan: 1826–1902 Hon.LLD 1891 Only s. of Price DUFFERIN AND AVA Baron Dufferin.] b. 1826:06:21 Sch: Eton Matric 1844:10:16 at Christ Church [Oxford] Hon.DCL OX, [Oxfordshire], 1879 Hon.LLD Harvard, [ USA ], 1878 ; Dublin, [Ireland], 1879 ; Edinburgh, [Scotland], Glasgow, [Scotland], , MacGill and Laval. FRS Doctor of Oriental Learning, Punjab , India , University. Lord in Waiting to Queen Victoria 1849-52, and 1854-58 Attached to Earl Russell's special Mission to Vienna, [Austria], 1855 Special Commissioner to: : Syria , 1859-60 Under-Secretary of: : State for India , 1864-66 K.P. 1864 Under-Secretary for: : War 1866 P.C. 1868 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: and Paymaster-General: 1868 Governor-General of: Canada , 1872-78 GCMG 1876 GCSI 1888 Ambassador to Emperor of Russia , 1879 to Sultan of Turkey , 1881 Viceroy of India , 1884-88 Ambassador to King of Italy , 1888 to the French Republic, [France], 1891 m. 1862:10:23 Harriot Georgina ROWAN-HAMILTON eldest dau. of Archibald ROWAN-HAMILTON, of Killyleagh Castle, Killyleagh, Co. Down , , when he took the name of Hamilton by Royal Licence to which he subsequently added Temple before the patronymic of Blackwood. Publications: Letters from High Altitudes 1856; Irish Emigration and Tenure of Land in Ireland 1867; Pamphlets on the Irish Land Question 1870-78 "A great diplomatist and orator." Of Clandeboye, Co. Down , Ireland , d. 1902:02:12 ( Eton School Lists; Al. Oxon. ; Burke, P. and B.; G.E.C.; Who was Who 1897-1916; CB, ???, Rev.iew 1891:06:11, 380) |