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William Duff, 1st Earl Fife (1697 – 30 September 1763), of Braco, Banff, was a Scottish landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1734.
14 de oct. de 2023 · September 30, 1763 (65-66) Braco, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Immediate Family: Son of William Duff of Dipple, Earl of Fife and Jean Dunbar, of Edinglarrie. Husband of Janet Ogilvy, Countess of Fife and Jean Duff.
- Dipple, Scotland
- Janet Ogilvy, Countess of Fife, Jean Duff
- Scotland
- 1697
William Duff, Baron Braco, 1st Earl of Fife, died in 1763 at Rothiemay Castle [5] and was buried in the parish church of Grange, before being moved to the mausoleum at Duff House.
- Male
- September 30, 1763
William Duff, 1st Earl Fife (1696 – 30 September 1763) was a Scottish peer. The son of William Duff of Dipple, in 1719 he married Janet Ogilvie, daughter of James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater. She died in 1720 and in 1723 he married Jean Grant, daughter of Sir James Grant, Bt.
The Earl of Fife or Mormaer of Fife was the ruler of the province of Fife in medieval Scotland, which encompassed the modern counties of Fife and Kinross. Due to their royal ancestry, the earls of Fife were the highest ranking nobles in the realm, and had the right to crown the king of Scots .
cr. Baron Braco [I] 1735; Earl Fife [I] 1759. Offices Held. Biography. Inheriting a large fortune, Duff was returned for his county in 1727.
Earl Fife was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created by letters patent dated 26 April 1759 for William Duff, 1st Baron Braco, after asserting (but not proving) his descent from Macduff, the medieval Earl of Fife. Though in the Irish peerage, the title's name refers to Fife in Scotland.
