Brief Life History of Alastair William
When Lord Alastair William Duff Marquess of Macduff was born on 16 June 1890, in Richmond, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Alexander William George Duff 1st Duke of Fife, was 40 and his mother, Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor, was 23. He died on 16 June 1890, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Alastair Duff - Church record: birth-name: Alastair Duff
- Alastair Duff, "Find A Grave Index"
Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish: from Gaelic dubh ‘dark, black’, used both as a nickname and a personal name. In Scotland, it is typically a descriptive epithet for a dark-haired man (compare Dow 1). In Ireland, it is usually from Ó Duibh ‘descendant of Dubh’ or Mac Giolla Duibh ‘son of the servant of Dubh’. It is also found as a short form of Duffin and a variant of Duffy . See also McDuff .
In some cases possibly also a shortened form of Breton Le Duff , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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