Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava DSO PC (26 February 1875 – 21 July 1930) was a British soldier and politician and the fourth son of the 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava.
Born in Ottawa in 1875 during his father's term as Governor General of Canada, he joined the Army in 1897. He served with the 9th Lancers during the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1901 and was present at the engagements at Belmont, Ensli...
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Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava DSO PC (26 February 1875 – 21 July 1930) was a British soldier and politician and the fourth son of the 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava.
Born in Ottawa in 1875 during his father's term as Governor General of Canada, he joined the Army in 1897. He served with the 9th Lancers during the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1901 and was present at the engagements at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River, Magersfonstein, the relief of Kimberley, the advance to Bloemfontein and Pretoria and the subsequent fighting in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, where he was badly wounded on Christmas Eve 1900. Twice mentioned in despatches, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order before retiring from the Army in 1913 with the rank of captain.
He was married on 10 June 1908 to Brenda Woodhouse, only daughter of Major Robert Woodhouse, of Orford House, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. They had two children:
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