James
"5th Earl of Fife, Viscount MacDuff, Baron Braco, Baron Skene of Skene"
Duff
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Alexander Duff GCH
and Anne (Stein) Duff
Husband of
Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth (Hay) Duff
— married
16 Mar 1846 in British Embassy, Paris, France
Descendants 
Father of
Anne Elizabeth Clementina (Duff) Townshend,
Ida Louisa Alice (Duff) Wilson,
Alexander William George Duff and
Agnes Cecil Emmeline (Duff) Cooper
Died
at age 65
in Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Sep 2013
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Biography
James Duff is Notable.
He was a Scottish nobleman known as James Duff, 5th Earl Fife, the son of Sir Alexander Duff, younger brother of James Duff, 4th Earl Fife, and Anne Stein, the daughter of James Stein of Gilbogie.
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. This allowed him to sit and vote in the House of Lords.[1]
In 1845, he resided at 30 Pall Mall, London and at Delgatie Castle.
In 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).
They had five children.
- Lady Anne Duff, married John Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend, and had issue.
- Lady Ida Duff, married firstly, Adrian Hope and had issue. Married secondly William Wilson, with no issue.
- Sir Alexander William George Duff, created Duke of Fife in 1889. He Married Princess Louise, the daughter of Edward VII.
- Lady Alexina Duff, married Henry Coventry, with no issue.
- Lady Agnes Cecil Emmeline Duff, 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 UK Prime Minister, is a descendant of this third marriage.
Sources
- http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I52324&tree=CC
- Alasdair and Hetty Tayler (1914). The Book of the Duffs. William Brown.
- http://www.1066.co.nz/Mosaic%20DVD/whoswho/text/James_Duff_5th_Earl_Fife[1].htm
- http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/fife1759.htm
- Wikipedia contributors, "James Duff, 5th Earl Fife," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Duff,_5th_Earl_Fife&oldid=870379094 (accessed January 16, 2019).
- https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/banffshire-os-name-books-1867-1869/banffshire-volume-16/61
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Sir William Arbuthnot for creating Duff-1166 on 30 Sep. 2013.
- Memorials of the Family of Skene of Skene. pgs. 45, 48.
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