Lady Dufferin may refer to anyone with the title Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye or Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Some notable women who have been known as Lady Dufferin are:
- Helen, Lady Dufferin (1807–1867), or Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye, song-writer, poet, and society lady.
- Hariot, Lady Dufferin (1843–1935), or Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, who supported her husband's diplomatic work in Canada and India, where she founded many hospitals for women.
- Maureen Dufferin née Guinness (1907– 1998), "celebrity" society figure, who married Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava in 1930, and kept the Dufferin name for the rest of her life, though she was widowed and re-married.
Famous quotes containing the word lady:
“It is perfectly right for a gentleman to say “ladies and gentlemen,” but a lady should say, “gentlemen and ladies.” You mention your friend’s name before you do your own. I always feel like rebuking any woman who says, “ladies and gentlemen.” It is a lack of good manners.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
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