by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Blackwood… (1823)
“ PRICE BLACKWOOD, Esq. [Post-Captain of 1823.] Son of the Hon. Hans Blackwood, brother to Lord Dufferin, by M. Hester, second daughter and co-heiress of Sir Robert Temple, Bart. [1] Mr. Price Blackwood was born at Dublin, May 26th, 1796. He first went to sea, May, 1808, in the Warspite 74, commanded by his uncle. Captain (now Sir Henry) Blackwood, under whom he continued to serve, on the Mediterranean and Channel stations, until about June, 1813 ”
