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Administrative / Biographical History. James Duff was born on 29 September 1729. He was the second son of William Duff (d. 1763), Earl of Fife, Lord Braco of Kilbryde, Viscount Macduff, in the Peerage of Ireland. Like his father before him he was MP for Banff, elected first in 1754, then re-elected in 1761, 1768, 1774, and 1780.
He succeeded as the 5th Earl Fife, 5th Baron Braco of Kilbryde, and 5th Viscount MacDuff on 9 March 1857, and inherited many baronies including MacDuff, named for James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife. He was also created Baron Skene, of Skene, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, on 26 September 1857 in his own right, which allowed him to sit and vote in ...
Alexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife was born on 10 November 1849 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland G. 1 He was the son of James Duff, 5th Earl Fife and Lady Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay. 1 He married Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, daughter of Edward VII Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, King of the United Kingdom and Alexandra ...
His pecuniary difficulties were worsened by the extraordinary will of his uncle James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife (1729-1809), who left all his disposable property to his bastard son Sir James Duff of Kinstair (1755-1839). Fife, who succeeded his father, the 3rd earl, to the entailed estates in 1811, went to law in 1816 in a bid to recover his uncle ...
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 ...
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 Seat: Duff House. Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, 5th Baron of MacDuff Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, 5th Baron of MacDuff with his wife, Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess ...
James Duff, 5th Earl Fife (father) Lady Agnes Hay (mother) Alexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife , KG , KT , GCVO , VD, PC (10 November 1849 – 29 January 1912) styled Viscount Macduff between 1857 and 1879 and known as the Earl Fife between 1879 and 1889, was a British peer who married Princess Louise , the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
