Dufferin
FREDERICK TEMPLE HAMILTON-BLACKWOOD, MARQUIS OF, a British statesman and author, son of the 4th Baron Dufferin; born in Florence in 1826. He began his public services in 1855, when he was attached to Earl Russell's mission to Vienna. Subsequently he was sent as commissioner to Syria in connection with the massacre of the Christians (1860); was under Indian secretary (1864-1866); under secretary for war (1866); chancellor of the Duchy at St. Petersburg (1879-1881); at Conof Lancaster (1868-1872); Governor-general of Canada (1872-1878); ambassador stantinople (1882); sent to Cairo to settle of India (1884-1888); ambassador to the affairs of the country after Arabi Pasha's rebellion (1882-1883); Viceroy Italy (1889), and to France (1891). He died Feb. 12, 1902.
Italy (1889), and to France (1891). He of India (1884-1888) ; ambassador to died Feb. 12, 1902. in 1816; early devoted himself to jour- Irish patriot; born in County Monaghan in 1816; early devoted himself to jour- DUFFY, SIR CHARLES GAVIN, an to the former in 1842 to start along with DU GUESCLIN Thomas Davis and John Dillon the "Nation" as the organ of the Young Ireland party. Tried and convicted for sedition with O'Connell in 1844, but saved by the House of Lords quashing the conviction, he aided his great chief in the agitation for repeal and next helped him to found the Irish Confederation. He had an active share in promoting the Tenant League and the Independent Irish party, and on the break-up of the latter emigrated to Australia in 1856. After some time of practice at the Melbourne bar, following the establishment of the Victorian constitution, he rose in 1857 to be Minister of Public Works, of Lands in 1858 and 1862, and Prime Minister in 1871. He was defeated next year, was knighted in 1873, and in 1877 elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
His little work, "The Ballad Poetry of Ireland" had been for 30 years a household book in his native country, when in 1880 he published "Young Ireland; a Fragment of Irish History, 1840-1850," and in 1883 its sequel, "Four Years of Irish History, 1845-1849." He died Feb. 9, 1903.