Frederick Temple Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin And Ava
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The Most Honourable the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava KP GCB GCSI GCMG GCIE PC |
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Lord Dufferin in 1873
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| Viceroy and Governor-General of India | |
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In office 13 December 1884 – 10 December 1888 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Ripon |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Lansdowne |
| 3rd Governor General of Canada | |
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In office 25 June 1872 – 25 November 1878 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Canadian: Sir John A. Macdonald Alexander Mackenzie British: William Ewart Gladstone The Earl of Beaconsfield |
| Preceded by | The Lord Lisgar |
| Succeeded by | Marquess of Lorne |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 12 December 1868 – 9 August 1872 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Thomas Edward Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Childers |
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Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 21 June 1826 Florence, Stato Vecchio Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Italy |
| Died | 12 February 1902 (aged 75) Clandeboye Estate Bangor, County Down, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Hariot Rowan-Hamilton |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
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Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava KP GCB GCSI GCMG GCIE PC (21 June 1826 – 12 February 1902) was a British public servant and prominent member of Victorian society. In his youth he was a popular figure in the court of Queen Victoria, and became well known to the public after publishing a best-selling account of his travels in the North Atlantic.
He is now best known as one of the most successful diplomats of his time. His long career in public service began as a commissioner to Syria in 1860, where his skilful diplomacy maintained British interests while preventing France from instituting a client state in Lebanon. After his success in Syria, Dufferin served in the Government of the United Kingdom as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Under-Secretary of State for War. In 1872 he became the third Governor General of Canada, bolstering imperial ties in the early years of the Dominion, and in 1884 he reached the pinnacle of his diplomatic career as eighth Viceroy of India.
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