Origin | |
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Language(s) | English |
Meaning | Black-wood |
Region of origin | Scotland (Lanarkshire) |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Blakwode, Blackwud, Blakewood, Blaikwood |
Blackwood is a locational surname of Scottish origin meaning "black wood". [1] Spelling variations include: Blackwood, Blackwode, Blakewood, Blaikwood, Blacud and many more. First found in Ayrshire, but one of the first recorded to the family name was William de Blackwood in 1327 in Stirlingshire.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: the Blackwoods who settled in Bonavista, Newfoundland in the early 19th century and others. [2]
Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava,, 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.
Events from the year 1826 in Canada.
Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down, Northern Ireland, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 30 July 1800 for Dame Dorcas Blackwood, widow of Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet, Member of the Irish Parliament for Killyleagh and Bangor, in return for support for the Union of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava DL JP, styled Lord Terence Blackwood between 1888 and 1900 and Earl of Ava between 1900 and 1902, was a British diplomat.
Dufferin, Dyffryn or Duffryn may refer to:
Hariot Georgina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, was a British aristocrat and Vicereine of India, known for her success in the role of "diplomatic wife," and for leading an initiative to improve medical care for women in British India.
Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava,, styled Lord Frederick Blackwood between 1888 and 1918, was a British soldier and politician. He died in an aircraft crash in 1930 at the age of 55.
Basil Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, styled Earl of Ava from 1918 until 1930, was a Conservative politician and soldier of the United Kingdom.
Sheridan Frederick Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava was a British patron of the arts. Less formally, he was usually called Sheridan Dufferin.
Price Blackwood, 4th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye was the third and eldest surviving son of Hans Blackwood, 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye and his first wife Mehetabel Hester Temple, daughter of Robert Temple.
Lady Dufferin may refer to:
Thomas Brian McKelvie Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron was a British Army officer, Conservative politician and peer.
Dufferin is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The separately administered town of Carman lies near its centre.
Frederick or Frederic Hamilton may refer to:
Lord Ian Basil Gawaine Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, known as Lord Basil Temple Blackwood, was a British lawyer, civil servant and book illustrator.
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood may refer to:
Serena Belinda Rosemary Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, also known as Lindy Guinness, was a British artist, conservationist and businesswoman. She was married to the fifth Marquess from 1964 until his death in 1988.
Arthur Ernest Guinness was an Irish engineer and a senior member of the Guinness family. He usually went by the name of Ernest.
Flora Curzon, Lady Howe was an American heiress and singer who twice married into the British aristocracy.
Maureen Constance Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava was an Anglo-Irish socialite, known as one of the "Guinness Golden Girls".