James Duff, 5th Earl Fife
The Earl Fife | |
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| Member of Parliament for Banffshire | |
| In office 1837–1857 | |
| Preceded by | George Ferguson |
| Succeeded by | Lachlan Gordon-Duff |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Duff 6 July 1814 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 7 August 1879 (aged 65) |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 5 |
| Parents | Sir Alexander Duff Anne Stein |
James Duff, 5th Earl Fife (6 July 1814 – 7 August 1879) was a Scottish nobleman.
Early kufe[]
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.[1]
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 was created Baron Skene, of Skene, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1857 in his own right. This allowed him to sit and vote in the House of Lords.[2]
He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the counties of Banff and Moray.[2]
Personal life[]
In 1845, Duff resided at 30 Pall Mall, London and at Delgatie Castle.[3]
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:[4]
- Lady Anne Elizabeth Clementine Duff (d. 1925), who married John Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend, and had issue.[2]
- Lady Ida Louisa Alice Duff (d. 1918), who married firstly, Adrian Hope and had issue. Married secondly William Wilson, with no issue.[2]
- Alexander William George Duff (1849–1912), who was created Duke of Fife in 1889; he married Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of Edward VII.[2]
- Lady Alexina Duff (1851–1882), who married Henry Coventry, third son of Hon. Henry Amilius Coventry, and died without issue.[2]
- 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. Married secondly Herbert Flower, with no issue. Married thirdly Alfred Cooper, with issue. David Cameron, the former British prime minister, is a descendant of this third marriage.[2]
Lord Fife died on 7 August 1879.[5]
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ "James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- 1814 births
- 1879 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- Whig (British political party) MPs for Scottish constituencies
- UK MPs 1837–1841
- UK MPs 1841–1847
- UK MPs 1847–1852
- UK MPs 1852–1857
- UK MPs who inherited peerages
- UK MPs who were granted peerages
- Lord-Lieutenants of Banffshire
- Lord-Lieutenants of Elginshire
- Earls Fife