Francis George Blackwood, 10th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (20 May 1916 – 13 November 1991), known as Sir Francis Blackwood, 7th Baronet, from 1979 until 1988, was a British

baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14t ...

and a peer in the

Peerage of Ireland The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...

. After the extinction of the male line of the fourth Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (and the entirety of the Marquessate of Dufferin and Ava), the Barony of Dufferin and Claneboye reverted to the male line of the youngest son of

Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (born Dorcas Stevenson; 1726 – 8 February 1807) was the eldest daughter and co-heir of James Stevenson, of Killyleagh, County Down, and his wife Ann, née Price, daughter of General Nichola ...

, first in the line. The first Blackwood baronet (of the Navy) was her son, his great-grandfather, Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood.

Arms

The arms of the head of the family are

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ed ''Azure a Fess Or in chief a Crescent Argent between two Mullets of the second and in base a Mascle of the third; for supporters Dexter a Lion Gules gorged with a Tressure flory counterflory Or; Sinister an Heraldic Tiger Ermine gorged with a like Tressure Gules''. The crest is ''On a Cap of Maintenance Gules turned up Ermine a Crescent Argent'' out of the Coronet of a Baron. The motto is “Per Vias Rectas”, meaning “By straight ways”.Dufferin and Claneboye, Baron (I, 1800)
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References

* Blackwood, Francis Blackwood, Francis Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Francis Clandeboye {{UK-baronet-stub