Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Duff, Countess Fife (; 12 May 1829 – 18 December 1869) was a Scottish aristocrat.
Early life
Hay was born 12 May 1829 in Dublin, Ireland, the third child of
William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll and
Elizabeth FitzClarence.
Marriage and family
On 16 March 1846, Hay was married to
James Duff, son of General Hon.
Sir Alexander Duff and Anne Stein, at the British Embassy in Paris, France. Duff later inherited the earldom of Fife upon the death of his uncle in 1857. The marriage had issue:
* Lady Anne Elizabeth Clementina Duff (16 August 1847 – 31 December 1925) married
John Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend (1831–1899) on 17 October 1865. They had two children.
* Lady Ida Louisa Alice Duff (11 December 1848 – 29 May 1918) married Adrian Elias Hope (1845–1919) on 3 June 1867. They had one daughter and later divorced. She married, secondly, William Wilson (1839–1905), a London stockbroker, on 20 September 1880.
*
Alexander William George Duff (10 November 1849 – 29 January 1912) married
Louise, Princess Royal (1867–1931), the eldest daughter of then Edward, Prince of Wales, later
Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until Death and state funeral of Edward VII, his death in 1910.
The second child ...
, and
Alexandra of Denmark
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, on 27 July 1889. He was created the
Duke of Fife in 1889.
* Lady Alexina Duff (20 Mar 1851 – 30 Apr 1882) married Henry Aubrey Coventry (1845–1909), grandson of
George Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry, on 2 July 1870.
* Lady Agnes Cecil Emmeline Duff (1852–1925) married, firstly, George Robert Hay-Drummond (1849–1886), son of
George Hay-Drummond, 12th Earl of Kinnoull, on 4 Oct 1871. They had issue, but later divorced. She married, secondly, Herbert Flower (1853–1881), brother of
Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea, on 5 August 1876. She married thirdly,
Alfred Cooper (1838–1908) on 4 July 1882, whose descendants include former British prime minister
David Cameron
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.
* Lady Mary Hamilton Duff (20 February 1854 – 20 March 1854)
Agnes died at the age of 40.
[ Charles Mosley, editor, '' Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1337. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.]
Ancestry
References
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1829 births
1869 deaths
Daughters of Scottish earls
19th-century Scottish people
19th-century Scottish women
Fife
Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the s ...
Wives of knights
Duff family