Social Victorians/People/Hamilton Temple Blackwood
Also Known As
edit- Family name
- Earl of Dufferin, co. Down (U.K. peerage, created 1871)[3]
- Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (13 November 1871 – 12 February 1902)
- Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (U.K. peerage, created 1888)[3]
- Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (17 November 1888 – 12 February 1902)
- Earl of Ava, co. Down and Burma (U.K. peerage, created 1888)[3] — subsidiary title for the Marquessate, granted to the eldest son
- Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st? Earl of Ava (17 November 1888 – )
- Archibald James Leofric Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Earl of Ava (17 November 1888? – 11 January 1900)
- Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Earl of Ava (11 January 1900 – 12 February 1902)[4]
- Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Earl of Ava (12 February 1902 – 21 July 1930)
Overview
editThe politically and socially important Frederick, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava and Hariot, Marchioness were not present at the Duchess of Devonshire’s 1897 Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, but some of their children were. Their eldest, Archibald, Earl of Ava was there; he died in the Boer War in 1900. The 2nd son and his wife, Lord Terence and Lady Flora Blackwood were present; their costumes occasioned comment in the press and their portraits were in the commemorative album. Flora had been an American singer but daughter of a banker.[5] The 3rd son, Lord Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood was also present.
Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies
editFrederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood
editOrganizations
editFrederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood
editTimeline
edit1875, very large debts caused Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava to sell a lot of his land.[1]
1893 October 16, Lady Florence Davis and Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood married.[7]
1897 July 2, Friday, Lady Florence and Lord Terence Blackwood attended the Duchess of Devonshire's Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House, as did the Earl of Ava and Lord Basil Blackwood and, possibly, a Lord and Lady J. Blackwood. (Lady Florence Blackwood is #637 on the list of people who attended; Lord Terence Blackwood is #638; Archibald, Earl of Ava is #357; Lord Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood is #582; Lord J. Blackwood is #698); Lady J. Blackwood is #699.)
1902 February 12, Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood succeeded as 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava.[4]
1919 December 11, Florence Davis Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood and Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe married.[7]
Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
editAt the Duchess of Devonshire’s 1897 Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Lady Florence Blackwood was dressed as Flora, Goddess of Flowers. She attended with her husband Lord Terence Blackwood and his brother Archibald, Earl of Ava.
Lady Florence Blackwood
editFlorence, Lady Blackwood called herself Flora.[5]
Gunn & Stuart's portrait of "Florence (née Davis), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (later Countess Howe) when Lady Terence Blackwood as Flora Goddess of Flowers" in costume is photogravure #41 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[8] The printing on the portrait says, "Lady Terence Blackwood, as Flora Goddess of Flowers," with a Long S in Goddess.[9]
What information is available about Lady Florence Blackwood's costume does not name an original for it, if one exists. Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers, springtime, and fertility. Rembrandt's 1634 portrait of Saskia as Flora[10] (right) suggests some elements common to depictions of this goddess: a floral headdress and the staff decorated with flowers.
Lord Terence Blackwood
editLord Terence Blackwood was dressed as Captain Blackwood, Royal Navy.
Gunn & Stuart's portrait of "Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava when Lord Terence Blackwood as Captain Blackwood, R.N." in costume is photogravure #42 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[8] The printing on the portrait says, "Lord Terence Blackwood as Captain Blackwood, R.N."[11]
Lord Terence Blackwood had a couple of ancestors who were in the Royal Navy, Sir Henry Blackwood (1770–1832), who was a Vice-Admiral[12]; Captain Francis Price Blackwood (1809–1854), known for his influence in sailing, especially around Australia[13]; Price Blackwood, 4th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (1794–1841), also a captain in the Royal Navy.[14] Technically, if Lord Blackwood followed the Duchess of Devonshire's intructions for people to come dressed as someone before 1820 literally, all these Blackwoods are too late, except perhaps Sir Henry Blackwood in an early moment in his life.
Archibald Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Earl of Ava
editArchibald Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Earl of Ava was present.[15]
- He was dressed as Archduke Maximilian in the Empress Maria Theresa Quadrille.[16] (p. ??, Col. 1b) [17]:p. 7, Col. 6b
- He is represented in the article in the Gentlewoman with a line drawing and this description of a "black and blue satin costume."[18]:p. 40, Col. 2a He is #14 in a group of men, bottom row, second from left, and identified as "Lord Ava (Louis XV.)."
If the Times and the Morning Post are correct, he was dressed as Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (1756–1801), son of Empress Maria Thérèse and brother of Marie Antoinette.[19]
Henry Arthur Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea was dressed as Le Roi Louis XV and danced in the Louis XV and Louis XVI quadrille with Georgiana, Viscountess Curzon, as La Reine Marie Leszuiska as his wife, Queen of France. The Earl of Ava could have been a second Louis XV, of course, if the Gentlewoman is correct.
Lord Basil Blackwood
editLord Basil Blackwood — Lord Basil (Ian Basil Gawaine Temple) Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood also attended.[15]
Lord and Lady J. Blackwood
editSee #1 in Notes and Questions, below, for the thinking behind identifying Lord J. Blackwood and Lady J. Blackwood.[15]
Demographics
editFamily
edit- Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (21 June 1826 – 12 February 1902)[2]
- Hariot Georgina Rowan-Hamilton (5 February 1843 – 25 October 1936)[20]
- Archibald James Leofric Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Earl of Ava (28 July 1863 – 11 January 1900)
- Lady Helen Hermione Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (1865[1] – 9 April 1941)
- Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (16 March 1866 – 11 February 1919)
- Sydney Temple Blackwood (29 May 1867 – 29 May 1867)[1]
- Lady Hermione Catherine Helen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (1869 – 19 October 1960)
- Lord Basil[21] (Ian Basil Gawaine Temple) Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (4 November 1870 – 3 July 1917)
- Lady Victoria Alexandrina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (1873 – 11 February 1968)
- Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (26 February 1875 – 21 July 1930)
Biographical Material
edit- The Irish Archives Resource has materials on this family. The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland has c. 96,000 documents, including personal papers:[24]
- Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava: D1071/H Papers of Frederick, 1st Marquess of Dufferin
- Hariot Georgina Rowan-Hamilton, D1071/J Papers of Hariot, Lady Dufferin
- Their children: D1071/K Letters of the Blackwood children
Notes and Questions
edit- It seems unlikely that Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood would have been called Lord J. Blackwood; he seems to have gone by Terence. I see no others whose surname was Blackwood and whose name would begin with J. Perhaps the newspaper reporter in the Times meant to write Lord T. Blackwood? In some cursive manuscript, perhaps the letters were not clear?
Footnotes
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava". Wikipedia. 2021-05-20. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederick_Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,_1st_Marquess_of_Dufferin_and_Ava&oldid=1024107132. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,_1st_Marquess_of_Dufferin_and_Ava.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31. https://www.thepeerage.com/p4999.htm#i49984.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Baron Dufferin and Claneboye". Wikipedia. 2021-10-19. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron_Dufferin_and_Claneboye&oldid=1050709226. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Dufferin_and_Claneboye.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava". Wikipedia. 2020-12-04. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terence_Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,_2nd_Marquess_of_Dufferin_and_Ava&oldid=992359425. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,_2nd_Marquess_of_Dufferin_and_Ava.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 "Flora Curzon, Lady Howe". Wikipedia. 2021-03-08. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flora_Curzon,_Lady_Howe&oldid=1011048798. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Curzon,_Lady_Howe.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Clarke, Frances. "Blackwood, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple- | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 2024-05-31. https://www.dib.ie/biography/blackwood-frederick-temple-hamilton-temple-a0698.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Florence Davis." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31. https://www.thepeerage.com/p1068.htm#i10671.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
- ↑ "Florence (née Davis), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (later Countess Howe) when Lady Terence Blackwood as Flora Goddess of Flowers." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158393/Florence-ne-Davis-Marchioness-of-Dufferin-and-Ava-later-Countess-Howe-when-Lady-Terence-Blackwood-as-Flora-Goddess-of-Flowers.
- ↑ Rembrandt (1634), Flora title QS:P1476,en:"Flora", retrieved 2022-01-31. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harmensz_van_Rijn_Rembrandt_-_Флора_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg.
- ↑ "Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava when Lord Terence Blackwood as Captain Blackwood, R.N.." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158395/Terence-John-Temple-Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood-2nd-Marquess-of-Dufferin-and-Ava-when-Lord-Terence-Blackwood-as-Captain-Blackwood-RN.
- ↑ "Henry Blackwood". Wikipedia. 2021-11-30. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Blackwood&oldid=1057973605. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Blackwood.
- ↑ "Francis Price Blackwood". Wikipedia. 2020-06-03. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis_Price_Blackwood&oldid=960526518. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Price_Blackwood.
- ↑ "Francis Price Blackwood". Wikipedia. 2020-06-03. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis_Price_Blackwood&oldid=960526518. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Price_Blackwood.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
- ↑ "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
- ↑ "Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House." Morning Post Saturday 3 July 1897: 7 [of 12], Col. 4a–8 Col. 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/054/0007.
- ↑ “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.
- ↑ "Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria". Wikipedia. 2022-01-01. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archduke_Maximilian_Francis_of_Austria&oldid=1063099511. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Maximilian_Francis_of_Austria.
- ↑ "Hariot Georgina Rowan-Hamilton." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31. https://www.thepeerage.com/p4999.htm#i49985.
- ↑ "Lord Ian Basil Gawaine Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-01. https://www.thepeerage.com/p4999.htm#i49988.
- ↑ "Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31. https://www.thepeerage.com/p4999.htm#i49983.
- ↑ "Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31. https://www.thepeerage.com/p10633.htm#i106325.
- ↑ "Dufferin and Ava Papers". Irish Archives Resource. Retrieved 2024-05-02. https://iar.ie/archive/dufferin-ava-papers/.