Baronet Blackwood of Killyleagh in County Down

Baronet Blackwood of Killyleagh in County Down is in Baronet Ireland.

In 1763 Robert Blackwood 1st Baronet (age 68) was created 1st Baronet Blackwood of Killyleagh in County Down.

On 29 Nov 1774 Robert Blackwood 1st Baronet (age 80) died. His son John Blackwood 2nd Baronet (age 53) succeeded 2nd Baronet Blackwood of Killyleagh in County Down.

On 27 Feb 1799 John Blackwood 2nd Baronet (age 78) died. His son James Blackwood 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down (age 43) succeeded 3rd Baronet Blackwood of Killyleagh in County Down.

On 25 Mar 1945 Basil Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (age 35) was killed in action. Lord Dufferin was serving with the Indian Field Broadcasting Unit on when he was filmed demanding the surrender of Japanese troops who were sheltered in a tunnel; the film captured Lord Dufferin's death when a Japanese mortar shell landed on the unit. His son Sheriden Frederick Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (age 6) succeeded 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 5th Earl of Ava in County Down and Burma, 5th Earl of Dufferin in County Down, 5th Viscount Dufferin of Claneboye in County Down, 5th Baron Claneboye of Claneboye in County Down, 9th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down, 9th Baronet Blackwood of Killyleagh in County Down. Maureen Constance Guinness Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (age 38) by marriage Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.