Scottish nobleman and politician
James Duff, 5th Earl Fife ,
KT (6 July 1814 – 7 August 1879) was a
Scottish nobleman and politician.
Early life
Duff was the son of
Sir Alexander Duff , younger brother of
James Duff, 4th Earl Fife , and Anne Stein, the daughter of James Stein of Kilbagie and Kennetpans House.
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Career
He was Member of Parliament for
Banffshire from 1837 to 1857; his brother,
George Skene Duff , was Member of Parliament for
Elgin Burghs . 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 .
[3] 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 the
House of Lords .
[4] He was appointed
Knight of the Order of the Thistle (K.T.) in 1860.
He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the counties of Banff and Moray.
[4]
Personal life
In 1845, Duff resided at 30
Pall Mall , London and at
Delgatie Castle .
[5]
On 16 March 1846, he married
Lady Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay , daughter of
William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll and
Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence (an illegitimate daughter of
William IV ). Together, they were the parents of five children, including:
[6]
Lady Anne Elizabeth Clementine Duff (d. 1925), who married
John Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend , and had issue.
[4]
Lady Ida Louisa Alice Duff (d. 1918), who married firstly Adrian Elias
Hope , of
Deepdene House , and had one daughter. They were divorced and she married secondly William Wilson, a London stockbroker, with no issue.
[4]
Alexander William George Duff (1849–1912), who was created
Duke of Fife in 1889. He married
Princess Louise , the eldest daughter of
Edward VII .
[4]
Lady Alexina Duff (1851–1882), who married Henry Coventry, third son of Hon. Henry Amilius Coventry, and died without issue.
[4]
Lady Agnes Cecil Emmeline Duff (1852–1925), who married firstly George Hay-Drummond, son of
George Hay-Drummond, 12th Earl of Kinnoull , and had issue. She married secondly Herbert Flower (brother of
Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea ), with no issue. She married thirdly
Alfred Cooper , with issue (
Duff Cooper , 1st
Viscount Norwich ).
David Cameron , the former British prime minister, is a descendant of this third marriage.
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Lord Fife died on 7 August 1879.
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Ancestry
Ancestors of James Duff, 5th Earl Fife 16. William Duff 8.
William Duff, Earl Fife 17. Helen Gordon 4.
Alexander Duff, Earl Fife 18. Sir James Grant, 6th Bt. 9. Jean Grant 19. Anne Colquhoun 2.
General Sir Alexander Duff 20. George Skene, 17th of Skene 10. George Skene, 18th of Skene 21. Elizabeth Skene 5. Mary Skene 22. George Forbes 11. Mary Forbes 23. Jane Skene 1.James Duff, Earl Fife 24. Andrew Stein 12. John Stein of
Kennetpans 25. Anna MacKenzie 6. James Stein of Kilbagie 26. Robert Caldom 13. Margaret Caldom 27. Margaret Lamont 3. Anne Stein 14. John Buchanan 7. Catherine Buchanan 15. Jean Harley
References
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"James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife" . www.npg.org.uk .
National Portrait Gallery, London . Retrieved 13 August 2021 .
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"History of Kennetpans" . Kennetpans Trust . 5 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022 .
^ Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage Baronetage & Knightage: Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons, 107th Edition, Volumes I-III . Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A: Burke's Peerage and Gentry LLC. pp. I., 1021, 1759.
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Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Titles of Courtesy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . Dean & Son. 1869. p. 184. Retrieved 13 August 2021 .
^ Oliver and Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository, 1845
^ Tayler, Alistair; Tayler, Henrietta (August 2001).
Lord Fife and His Factor Being the Correspondence of James Second Lord Fife, 1729 - 1809 . The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN
978-0-89875-571-8 . Retrieved 13 August 2021 .
^ Robert P. Dod, The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain for 1860 , London, 1860, p. 255.
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