The Right Honourable
The Earl Fife
KT
The Earl Fife in 1863
Member of Parliament for Banffshire
In office
1837–1857
Preceded byGeorge Ferguson
Succeeded byLachlan Gordon-Duff
Personal details
Born
James Duff

(1814-07-06)6 July 1814
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died7 August 1879(1879-08-07) (aged 65)
Spouse
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(m. 1846; died 1869)​
Children5
Parent(s)Sir Alexander Duff
Anne Stein

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.[1][2]

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]

Lord Fife died on 7 August 1879.[7]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ "History of Kennetpans". Kennetpans Trust. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g 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.
  5. ^ Oliver and Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository, 1845
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Robert P. Dod, The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain for 1860, London, 1860, p. 255.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byGeorge Ferguson Member of Parliament for Banffshire 1837–1857 Succeeded byLachlan Gordon-Duff Honorary titles Preceded bySir Alexander Duff Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire 1851–1856 Succeeded byGeorge Skene Duff Preceded byThe Earl Fife Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire 1856–1879 Succeeded byThe Duke of Richmond Peerage of Ireland Preceded byJames Duff Earl Fife 1857–1879 Succeeded byAlexander Duff Peerage of the United Kingdom New creation Baron Skene 1857–1879 Succeeded byAlexander Duff
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