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James Duff, 4th Earl Fife, KT, GCH (6 October 1776 – 9 March 1857) was a Scottish nobleman. Duff was the son of Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl Fife and Mary Skene. On 9 September 1799, he married Lady Maria Caroline Manners (d. 1805), daughter of John Manners and Louisa Tollemache, 7th Countess of Dysart, but the couple had no children.
In 1404 David Duff received the charter, in Aberdeenshire, from Robert III of Scotland. In 1759, William Duff was granted the historic Celtic Title of “Fife”, further tying the Duffs of Northeast Scotland, with their ancient Lowland ancestors - the original Earls of Fife from the 11th century.
Administrative / Biographical History. James Duff was born on 29 September 1729. He was the second son of William Duff (d. 1763), Earl of Fife, Lord Braco of Kilbryde, Viscount Macduff, in the Peerage of Ireland. Like his father before him he was MP for Banff, elected first in 1754, then re-elected in 1761, 1768, 1774, and 1780.
His pecuniary difficulties were worsened by the extraordinary will of his uncle James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife (1729-1809), who left all his disposable property to his bastard son Sir James Duff of Kinstair (1755-1839). Fife, who succeeded his father, the 3rd earl, to the entailed estates in 1811, went to law in 1816 in a bid to recover his uncle ...
James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife (23 September 1929 – 22 June 2015) was a British landowner, farmer and peer. He was the grandson of Louise, Princess Royal, a daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.As a female-line great-grandson of a British sovereign, he did not carry out royal or official duties or receive any funds from the Civil List.
William Duff, 1st Earl Fife (c. 1696–1763) James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife (1729–1809) Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl Fife (1731–1811) James Duff, 4th Earl Fife (1776–1857) James Duff, 5th Earl Fife (1814–1879) Alexander William George Duff, 6th Earl Fife (1849–1912), created Earl of Fife in 1885 and Duke of Fife in 1889; Family tree
30 de abr. de 2022 · James was the elder son of the Hon. Alexander Duff, who succeeded his brother as third Earl Fife in 1809. He was educated at Edinburgh and was not intended for the army. On 9 September 1799 he married Mary Caroline Manners (second daughter of daughter of John Manners and Louisa Tollemache, 7th Countess of Dysart), who died on 20 December 1805 ...
