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Lord Dufferin

The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
KP GCB GCSI GCMG GCIE PC
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Lord Dufferin in 1873
Viceroy and Governor-General of India
In office
13 December 1884 – 10 December 1888
Monarch Queen Victoria
Preceded by The Marquess of Ripon
Succeeded by The Marquess of Lansdowne
3rd Governor General of Canada
In office
25 June 1872 – 25 November 1878
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
In office
12 December 1868 – 9 August 1872
Monarch Queen Victoria
Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by Thomas Edward Taylor
Succeeded by Hugh Childers
Personal details
Born Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood
21 June 1826 (1826-06-21)
Florence, Stato Vecchio
Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Italy
Died 12 February 1902(1902-02-12) (aged 75)
Clandeboye Estate
Bangor, County Down
United Kingdom
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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