Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple- Blackwood, 1^st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, was born on the 21^st June 1826 and died on the 12^th February 1902. His father was the 4^th Baron Dufferin and his mother was Lady Helen Selina Sheridan.

He had a distinguished career as a British diplomat and was a prominent member of Victorian society. Lord Dufferin with British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire of Turkey, Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India.

Lord Dufferin was devastated by the loss of his beloved mother Helen in 1867 and had a memorial built in her honour.

Helen’s Tower is a lasting reminder of a son’s love for his mother.