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 | | DUFFERIN AND AVA, MARQUESS OF FREDERICK TEMPLE HAMILTONTEMPLE-BLACKWOOD, 1ST MARQUESS or (1826-1902), British diplomatist, son of Price Blackwood, 4th Baron Dufferin, was born at Florence, Italy, on the 21st of June 1826. |
 | | Price Blackwood, too, was in the Navy; his marriage in 1825 with Helen Selina Sheridan, a daughter of Thomas Sheridan, and granddaughter of Richard l3rinsley Sheridan, the dramatist and politician, was against his parents wishes, but his young wifes talents and beauty soon won them over. |
 | | Frederick went to Eton (1839-1843) and Christ Church, Oxford (1845-1847), where he took a pass school and was President of the Union. |
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