Price Blackwood, 4th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (6 May 1794 – 21 July 1841) was the third and eldest surviving son of

Hans Blackwood, 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye Hans Blackwood, 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (1758 – 18 November 1839), styled The Honourable Hans Blackwood between 1800 and 1836, was an Irish peer and politician. Background Blackwood was the fourth son of Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet ...

and his first wife Mehetabel Hester Temple, daughter of Robert Temple. He was a

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in the

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and married on 4 July 1825

Helen Selina Sheridan Helen Selina Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (''née'' Sheridan, 18 January 1807 – 13 June 1867), later Countess of Gifford, was an Irish songwriter, composer, poet, and author. Admired for her wit and literary talents, she was a w ...

, daughter of Thomas Sheridan, himself the eldest son of the playwright and statesman

Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 17517 July 1816) was an Irish satirist, a politician, a playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He is known for his plays such as ''The Rivals'', ''The Sc ...

, and had issue: * Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye Lord Dufferin died from an accidental overdose of morphine and was succeeded by his only son. Helen Lady Dufferin was married secondly after his death to

George Hay, Earl of Gifford George Hay, Earl of Gifford (26 April 1822 – 22 December 1862) was a British Liberal Party politician. Lord Gifford was born at Yester House, the eldest son of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale. He was educated at Trinity College and Trinit ...

(1822–1862), the eldest son of

George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale (1 February 1787 – 10 October 1876) was a British soldier and administrator. He served as a staff officer in the Peninsular War under Arthur Wellesley and was with Wellesley at the Second ...

on 13 October 1862 on his deathbed. Lady Dufferin died on 13 June 1867.

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