Delgatie Castle

General Sir Alexander Duff GCH (1777 – 21 March 1851) was a British Army officer of the Napoleonic era.

Duff was the second son of Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl Fife and the younger brother of James Duff, 4th Earl Fife. In 1793, he was commissioned an ensign in the 66th Regiment of Foot, and served at Gibraltar, in Flanders, in the East Indies in 1798, and under Baird during the invasion of Egypt. In 1806, Duff commanded the centre column in the attack on Buenos Aires.

He was appointed colonel of the 92nd Regiment of Foot in 1823, transferring to 37th Regiment of Foot in 1831.[1] He was made GCH and knighted in 1834,[2] and was promoted full general on 28 June 1838.

He was elected the Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs, sitting from 1826 to 1831.[3] From 1848 until his death he was Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire,[4] and a deputy lieutenant of Banffshire. He lived at Delgatie Castle near Turriff, Aberdeenshire.

He had married Anne Stein, daughter of James Stein of Kilbagie and Kennetpans House,[5][6] by whom he had two sons and two daughters, including James Duff, 5th Earl Fife and George Skene Duff.

He died at Percy Cross, Walham Green, Fulham, Middlesex in March 1851.

Freemasonry

He was Initiated into Scottish Freemasonry in Lodge Holyrood House (St Luke's), No.44, on 30 November 1812.[7]

References

  1. ^ "No. 3984". The Edinburgh Gazette. 29 July 1831. p. 201.
  2. ^ "No. 19160". The London Gazette. 3 June 1834. p. 1003.
  3. ^ "DUFF, Hon. Alexander (?1777-1851), of Delgaty Castle, nr. Turriff, Aberdeen". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. ^ "No. 20828". The London Gazette. 18 February 1848. p. 628.
  5. ^ "James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  6. ^ "History of Kennetpans". Kennetpans Trust. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  7. ^ A History of the Mason Lodge of Holyrood House (St.Luke's), No.44, holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland with Roll of Members, 1734-1934, by Robert Strathern Lindsay, W.S., Edinburgh, 1935. Vol.II, p.603.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byArchibald Farquharson Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs 1826–1831 Succeeded bySir William Gordon-Cumming Military offices Preceded bySir Charles Green Colonel of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 1831–1851 Succeeded byWilliam Smelt Preceded byJohn Hope Colonel of the 92nd Regiment of Foot 1823–1831 Succeeded byJohn Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair Honorary titles Preceded byThe Earl of Moray Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire 1848–1851 Succeeded byJames Duff
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