James Blackwood, 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye

Last updated • 2 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

James Stevenson Blackwood, 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye MP ADC (8 July 1755 – 8 August 1836), [1] styled as Sir James Blackwood, 3rd Baronet, from 1799 to 1807, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. [2]

Contents

Early life and family

Blackwood was born in 1755, the second son of Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet and Dorcas Stevenson, daughter and co-heiress of James Stevenson. His mother was quite wealthy as her father eventually became the sole heir to estates held by James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil, whose male line had died out with his son. In 1799, James' father died, leaving him to inherit the baronetcy as his elder brother, Robert Blackwood, had been killed in 1785 in a fall from his horse. [1] Although commonly referred to as Anglo-Irish, the Blackwoods are a Scottish family. [2]

In 1800, his mother was created Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyeagh in the Peerage of Ireland, with remainder to her heirs male. After her death in 1807, he succeeded her as the 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye. [1]

Career

Blackwood was a Member of the Parliament of Ireland for Killyleagh in County Down from 1788 until the Irish Parliament was abolished with the Act of Union in 1801. In compensation for his seat being disenfranchised, he received £15,000 from the crown (equivalent to £1,167,000in 2023). [1]

He was later elected to the British House of Commons, serving as Member of Parliament for the Cornish constituency of Helston from 1807 to 1812, and for Aldeburgh in Suffolk from 1812 to 1818. He then sat in the House of Lords as an Irish representative peer from 1820 to 1836. [2]

He was High Sheriff of Down for 1804 and governor of County Down 1830–36. He served as aide-de-camp to King William IV. [1]

In 1794, he raised the 33rd Light Dragoons (also known as Ulster Regiment of Light Dragoons). He was also colonel of the North Downshire Militia. [2]

Marriage and death

On 15 November 1801, Blackwood married Anne Dorothea, the only daughter of John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel and his wife, Margaretta Foster, 1st Viscountess Ferrard. They had no children. [1]

After a period of illness, Lord Dufferin died on 8 August 1836 at his home, Ballyleidy, age 81. He had been under treatment by Sir Henry Halford in London and then spent a week at the home of his brother-in-law, Thomas Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Ferrard, in County Louth. He died two days after returning home. He was succeeded in the titles by his younger brother Hans. [2] Lady Blackwood died on 28 March 1865 aged 93. [1]

Arms

Coat of arms of James Blackwood, 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye
Coronet
A Coronet of an Baron
Crest
1st: On a Cap of Maintenance Gules tuned up Ermine a Crescent Argent
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Argent a saltire sable; on a chief of the second three holly leaves of the first (for Blackwood); 2nd, Azure, a fleur-de-lis between two mullets in fess or; in chief two roses, and in base three arrows palewise, points downwards, all argent (for Stevenson) 3rd: Gules, three cinqueoils ermine, and on a chief or, a lion passant guardant gules (for Hamilton) [3]
Supporters
Dexter: a Lion Gules gorged with a Tressure flory counterflory Or; Sinister: an Heraldic Tiger Ermine gorged with a like Tressure Gules
Motto
Per vias rectas ("By straight ways")

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl of Kingston</span> Title in the Peerage of Ireland

Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1768 for Edward King, 1st Viscount Kingston. The Earl holds the subsidiary titles Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon, Viscount Kingston, of Kingsborough in the County of Sligo, Baron Erris, of Boyle in the County of Roscommon, and Viscount Lorton, of Boyle in the County of Roscommon, also in the Peerage of Ireland. He is also a baronet in the Baronetage of Ireland. Between 1821 and 1869 the earls also held the title Baron Kingston, of Mitchelstown in the County of Cork, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viscount Massereene</span> Title in the peerage of Ireland

Viscount Massereene is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1660, along with the subsidiary title of Baron Loughneagh. From 1665 to 1816 the Skeffington Baronetcy of Fisherwick was attached to the viscountcy and from 1756 to 1816 the Viscounts also held the title of Earl of Massereene. Since 1843 the peerages are united with titles of Viscount Ferrard, of Oriel and Baron Oriel, both in the Peerage of Ireland, and Baron Oriel, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Viscount also holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Loughneagh (1660) and Baron Oriel (1790) in the Peerage of Ireland and Baron Oriel (1821) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As Baron Oriel, he sat in the House of Lords until 1999.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baron Dufferin and Claneboye</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel</span> Anglo-Irish politician and peer (1740–1828)

John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel PC (Ire) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer who thrice served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland and also served as the last speaker of the Irish House of Commons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown</span> Irish peer and politician

Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown was an Irish peer and politician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl of Clanbrassil</span>

Earl of Clanbrassil was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, both times for members of the Hamilton family. Clanbrassil was the name of an old Gaelic territory in what is now the barony of Oneilland East in the north-east of modern County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.

Hans Blackwood, 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, styled The Honourable Hans Blackwood between 1800 and 1836, was an Irish peer and politician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye</span>

Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye was the eldest daughter and co-heir of James Stevenson, of Killyleagh, County Down, and his wife Ann, née Price, daughter of General Nicholas Price. Her paternal grandparents were Hans Stevenson and his wife Anne, née Hamilton. Her grandmother was the second daughter and eventually sole heiress of James Hamilton of Neilsbrook, County Antrim. Her great-grandfather was the son of Archibald Hamilton, the next brother of James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye. Her great-grandfather became the sole heir of Viscount Claneboye when the 1st Viscount's grandson, Henry Hamilton, 3rd Viscount Claneboye, Baron Hamilton, and 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil, died in 1675 with no sons.

Francis George Blackwood, 10th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, known as Sir Francis Blackwood, 7th Baronet, from 1979 until 1988, was a British baronet and a peer in the Peerage of Ireland.

Events from the year 1755 in Ireland.

Thomas Henry Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Ferrard, styled The Honourable from 1790 until 1824, was an Irish peer and politician.

Sir George Dallas, 1st Baronet, was a British barrister and poet. Although he lived in England, he came from a Scottish family. He was created a baronet, of Upper Harley Street in the County of Middlesex, on 31 July 1798. He briefly succeeded William Hamilton Nisbet as one of the Members of Parliament for Newport, Isle of Wight, in 1800, holding the seat only until the next election in 1802.

Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet, was a British banker and Member of Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dufferin (barony)</span> Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Dufferin is a historic barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the southern half of the west shore of Strangford Lough, and is bordered by three other baronies: Castlereagh Lower to the north; Castlereagh Upper to the west; and Lecale Lower to the south.

Robert Blackwood, was an Anglo-Irish politician.

George Augustus Henry Anne Parkyns, 2nd Baron Rancliffe of Bunny Hall was an English landowner and politician from Nottinghamshire. A baron in the peerage of Ireland, he sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for thirteen of the years between 1806 and 1830.

Sir John Ramsden, 4th Baronet was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.

John Francis Blackwood, 11th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, is an Australian architect and a peer in the Peerage of Ireland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blackwood baronets of the Navy (1814)</span>

The Blackwood baronetcy, of the Navy, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 September 1814 for the Honourable Henry Blackwood, seventh son of Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet and of Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye. He was a Vice-Admiral of the Blue in the Royal Navy and was the bearer of despatches announcing the victory of Trafalgar in 1805. The 7th Baronet succeeded as 10th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye and 11th Baronet of Killyleagh in 1988.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1195. ISBN   0-9711966-2-1.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Death of Lord Dufferin". The Times . 16 August 1836. p. 5.
  3. Debrett, John (1836). Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. p. 567. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Killyleagh
1788–1801
With: Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Bt 1788–1790, 1798–1799
Hon. Robert Ward 1790–1798
Hans Blackwood 1799–1800
Daniel Mussenden 1800–1801
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Helston
18071812
With: John St Aubyn
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh
18121818
With: Andrew Strahan
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Representative peer for Ireland
1820–1836
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Dufferin and Claneboye
1807–1836
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by Baronet
(of Killyleagh)
1799–1836
Succeeded by