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His father, son of William Duff of Dipple, co. Banff, was M.P. for Banffshire 1727–34, was created Lord Braco in the peerage of Ireland 28 July 1735, and was advanced to the dignity of Earl of Fife and Viscount Macduff, also in the peerage of Ireland, by patent dated 26 April 1759, on proving his descent from Macduff, Earl of Fife.
Preceded by: James Duff Succeeded by: James Duff Seat: Duff House. James Duff, 4th Earl Fife, 3rd Baron of MacDuff. Born: 1776 Died: 1857 Preceded by: Alexander Duff Succeeded by: James Duff Seat: Duff House. James Duff, 5th Earl Fife, 4th Baron of MacDuff. Born: 1814 Died: 1857 Preceded by: James Duff Succeeded by: Alexander Duff
William Duff had five sons - the oldest, James, who would become the 2nd Earl Fife and the 1st Baron of MacDuff. James invested heavily in the village of Doune, or “Down”, across the River Deveron from Banff.
Earl Fife, 1759: William Duff 1697–1763 1st Earl Fife, Viscount Macduff, and Baron Braco: James Carnegie 1692–1730 5th Earl of Southesk: James Carnegie 1716–1765 de jure 6th Earl of Southesk: David Carnegie 1701–1741 5th Earl of Northesk: George Carnegie 1716–1792 6th Earl of Northesk: Patrick Carnegie of Lour 1720–1799: Earldom of ...
James Duff, 4th Earl Fife (1776–1857), MP for Banffshire; James Duff, 5th Earl Fife (1814–1879), MP for Banffshire; Others. Sir James Duff, 1st Baronet (died 1815), of the Duff-Gordon baronets; James Duff Duff (1860–1940), English translator and classical scholar; James Fitzjames Duff (1898–1970), British educationalist
Alexander Duff, advocate (1731-1811), third Earl Fife, 1809-1811. James Duff, fourth Earl Fife (1776-1857) was the son of Alexander Duff (1731-1811), the third Earl Fife. His early education was supervised by the second Earl, also James (see above) with a view to him becoming his heir.
History. Alexander Duff (1849–1912) was the eldest son of the 5th Earl Fife (1814–1879). Upon his father's death on 7 August 1879, he succeeded as the 6th Earl Fife.With this, he inherited the titles Baron Braco (created in 1735), Earl Fife and Viscount Macduff (both created in 1759), all in the Peerage of Ireland (and created for Scottish nobleman William Duff, 1696–1763), and Baron ...
