James Duff, 5th Earl Fife, (6 July 1814 – 7 August 1879) was a Scottish nobleman.

Early life

Duff was the son of Sir Alexander Duff, younger brother of

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, and Anne Stein, the daughter of James Stein of Kilbagie and Kennetpans House.

Career

He was Member of Parliament for Banffshire from 1837 to 1857; his brother,

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, 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

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. 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

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. He was appointed

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(K.T.) in 1860. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the counties of Banff and Moray.

Personal life

In 1845, Duff resided at 30 Pall Mall, London and at

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.Oliver and Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository, 1845 On 16 March 1846 he married Lady Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay, daughter of

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and Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence (an illegitimate daughter of

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). Together, they were the parents of five children, including: * Lady Anne Elizabeth Clementine Duff (d. 1925), who married

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, and had issue. * 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. * Alexander William George Duff (1849–1912), who was created

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in 1889. He married Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of

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. * Lady Alexina Duff (1851–1882), who married Henry Coventry, third son of Hon. Henry Amilius Coventry, and died without issue. * Lady Agnes Cecil Emmeline Duff (1852–1925), who married firstly George Hay-Drummond, son of

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, and had issue. She married secondly Herbert Flower (brother of

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), with no issue. She married thirdly

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, with issue. David Cameron, the former British prime minister, is a descendant of this third marriage. Lord Fife died on 7 August 1879.Robert P. Dod, ''The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain for 1860'', London, 1860, p. 255.

Ancestry

References

External links

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Victor Albert Prout: The Earl of Fife (James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife, 1814 - 1879)
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