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DUFFERIN 495 to Paris 1891-96; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1891-95; P.C. [1.] 29 Jan. 1897; Chancellor of the Royal Univ. of Ireland 1886-1902; Lord Rector of St. Andrews Univ., 1889-92; and of Edinburgh Univ. 1899-1902. He was also cr. LL.D. of Harvard Univ. (America), June 1878; LL.D. of Dublin, 21 Jan. 1879; D.C.L. of Oxford, 18 June 1879; LL.D. Cambridge 1891. He ;«., 23 Oct. 1862, at Killyleagh Castle, co. Down, Harriet Georgina, ist da. of Archibald Rowan-Hamilton, of that place, by Catherine Anne, da. of the Rev. George Caldwell. By royal lie. 9 Sep. 1862, he took the name of Hamilton^ to which he subsequently, 13 Nov. 1872, added that of Temple, before his patronymic of Black-jcood. He d. 12 Feb. 1902, at Clandeboye House, Belfast, aged 75.0 Will pr. Mar. 1902, at ;^io8,548 gross, and over j^97,ooo net. His widow, who was b. 5 Feb. 1843, received the V.A. (3rd class) in 1889, and was living 1 916. He was sue. by his 2nd, but ist surv. s. and h.jC") who is outside the scope of this work. [Archibald James Leofric Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st s. and h. ap., b. 28 July 1863, at DufFerin Lodge, Highgate, styled, 1871-88, Viscount Clandeboye, and from 1888 till his death. Earl of Ava. Lieut. 17th Lancers; A.D.C. to his father when Viceroy of India. He d. unm. and v.p., 11 Jan. 1900, aged 36, at Ladysmith, in Natal, from wounds received in a sortie therefrom a few days before. (")] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 1 8,238 acres in co. Down, worth ;^2 1,043 ^ yc^i"- Principal Residence. — Clandeboye House, Belfast. (») " He possessed in an eminent degree the qualities of statesmanship, political foresight, and literary skill." (Cromer's Modern Egypt). " He had all the best qualities of an Irishman, and as a companion there was no one like him. He had read enormously, and his knowledge of books, pictures, and music was unbounded, while no one was too insignificant, or too humble for him to be kind to." (Lady St. Heiier). He was a member ef the Roxburghe Club. Queen Victoria hesitated about his appointment as Lord in Waiting because he was so " good looking and captivating." Sir Edwin Pears in his Forty I'ears in Constantinople, p. 97, says of him and his wife when at the Embassy in Constantinople, "Each displayed energy and tact, and showed a desire to be agreeable to their public, and did it in such a charming way as to make them both highly popular." The last years of his life were clouded by his having been inveigled into the directorship of a dishonestly managed company. His Life, in 2 vols., by Sir Alfred Lyall, was pub. in 1 905. V.G. () Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, i. 16 Mar. 1866. His two brothers fought in the great European War: (i) Lord Ian Basil Gawaine Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, and Lieut. 9th Lancers, wounded Nov. 1 914, after- wards StafFLieut.; (2) Lord Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, D.S.O., Capt. 9th Lancers, wounded Nov. 1 914, later Capt. Gren. Guards, again wounded Oct. 1 91 5, afterwards Inspector Q.G., with rank of Major. For a list of peers and sons of peers who fought in this war, see vol. viii. Appendix F. V.G. (') For a list of peers and heirs ap. of peers who fought in the S. African War, see vol. iii. Appendix B. V.G.