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Blackwood baronets of the Navy (1814)

Blackwood baronets of the Navy (1814)

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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]

Escutcheon of the Blackwood baronets of the Navy[1]
Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Baronet

Blackwood Baronets, of the Navy (1814)


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  1. 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.
  2. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1194–1197. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  3. Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 47.
  4. "Blackwood, Sir Francis". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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