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.[2][3]
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Blackwood Baronets, of the Navy (1814)
edit- Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Baronet (1770–1832)[4]
- Sir Henry Martin Blackwood, 2nd Baronet (1801–1851)[4]
- Sir Henry Blackwood, 3rd Baronet (1828–1894)[4]
- Sir Francis Blackwood, 4th Baronet (1838–1924)[4][5]
- Sir Henry Palmer Temple Blackwood, 5th Baronet (1896–1948)[6]
- Sir Francis Elliot Temple Blackwood, 6th Baronet (1901–1979)[7]
- Sir Francis George Blackwood, 7th Baronet (1916–1991) (succeeded as 10th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye in 1988)[8]
Notes
edit- ^ Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. p. 152.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1194–1197. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "Blackwood, Sir Henry, Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie.
- ^ a b c d Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 47.
- ^ "Blackwood, Sir Francis". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Blackwood, Sir Henry Palmer Temple". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Blackwood, Sir Francis Elliot Temple". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Dufferin and Clandeboye 10th Baron cr 1800 (Ire.) (Francis George Blackwood) (Bt (Ire.) 1763; Bt (UK) 1814)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)