Talk:Baron Dufferin and Claneboye

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[edit] Spelling?

Does anyone know the answer to the Claneboye/Clandeboye mystery? Wikipedia uses both spellings. The Oxford DNB seems to use Claneboye for peerage and Clandeboye for place. The London Gazette for 2 August 1800 spells "Baron Dufferin and Claneboye" with no 'd'. --HJMG 15:56, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

The Complete Peerage notes: "Claneboy or Clandeboy" is, according to the Parliamentary Gazeteer of Ireland (1849), "a quondam territorial name of part of the counties of Antrim and Down. It seems a pity that the spelling of the peerage titles taken (1800, 1850 , and 1871) therefrom should not have followed one consistent mode of spelling."

The specific titles alluded to are:

1800 Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh

1850 Baron Clandeboye

1871 Viscount Clandeboye

The spellings of place names change and become regularized, but the original spelling used to create a peerage title is still used for the title. All the "Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye" articles should be "Baron Dufferin and Claneboye"- Nunh-huh 16:05, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick and authoritative answer!--HJMG 16:27, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

2 examples online to illustrate Nunh-huh's authoritative source:

• London Gazette for 10 Jan 1850: . . . granting the dignity of a baron of the UK of GB and Ireland, unto F T Baron Dufferin and Claneboye . . . by the name, style and title of Baron Clandeboye, in Clandeboye . . .

• Here you can see The Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Clandeboye on a document from 1855. (p.144)

I'll start fixing spellings in accordance with the Complete Peerage. --HJMG 19:47, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite

I rewrote the whole article and added some pictures. Most of the content in the article was copied directly from this source and did not in my opinion conform to the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. I integrated some information I thought was relevant and added an external link to this website. Tryde 10:22, 26 January 2007 (UTC) There is a great article in Blackwood's magazine 1876 on Sir Henry Blackwood. Brt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.193.97.79 (talk) 17:15, 19 January 2008 (UTC)