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| Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Dufferin And Ava | | | First Name(s) | Frederic Temple Hamilton-Temple Blackwood | | | Titles | First Marquess Of | | | Year of Birth | 1826 | | | Year of Death | 1902 | | | Entry | Son of Price, first Baron Dufferin, of the Irish peerage, and of Helen Selina, grand-daughter of Richard Brinsley Sheridan : born June 21, 1826 : educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford : Lord in Waiting, 1849-50 : Peer of the United Kingdom, 1850 : on a special mission to Vienna, 1855 : British Commissioner in Syria in 1860 to inquire into the massacres of Christians : K.C.B. : Under Secretary of State for India, 1864-6 : Under Secretary for War, 1866 : Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1868 : Earl, 1871 : Governor General of Canada, 1872-8 : Ambassador to St. Petersburg, 1879 : Ambassador to Constantinople, 1881 : Special Commissioner to Egypt, 1882-3, after Arabi's rebellion : Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1884-81 . He did much, by his personal influence, to allay the excitement and race feeling which had arisen from the controversy over the ""Ilbert Bill"" in the time of his predecessor : he met the Amir Abdur Rahman in darbar at Rawal Pindi, 1885 : Upper Burma was annexed on his advice : his administration was marked by firmness and vigour underlying his tact and suavity: the Countess of Dufferin's Fund for the medical relief of native women was established : made Marquis in 1888, with the additional title of Ava : Ambassador to Rome, 1888-91 : to Paris, 1891-6 : his latter years were clouded by financial troubles in connexion with a business enterprise of which he had insufficient knowledge to exercise control : he retained the goodwill of the shareholders and public sympathy ; he was K.P. : G.C.B. : G.C.S.I. : G.C.M.G. : G.C.I.E. : P.C. : D.C.L. : LL.D. : F.R.S. : President of the Geographical Society: Rector of Edinburgh and St. Andrew's t Doctor of Oriental Learning, Panjab University : Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1891-5 : wrote Letters from High Latitudes, and on Irish questions : also Speeches in India, 1890 : died Feb. 12, 1902. |
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