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James Duff (born September 3, 1955) is an American television writer, producer and director. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and has written plays and television screenplays . He is credited as the creator of the TV series The Closer and Major Crimes .
James Duff (North Norfolk MP) (1831–1878), British MP for North Norfolk; James Stoddart Duff (1856–1916), Canadian politician; James Augustine Duff (1872–1943), Ulster Unionist politician in Northern Ireland; James H. Duff (1883–1969), Pennsylvanian politician; James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife (1729–1809), MP for Banffshire and Elginshire
James Duff (born 1961) is an American billionaire businessman. Together with his brother Thomas Duff , he is the founder and co-owner of Duff Capital Investors, a holding company with annual turnover in excess of $2.6 billion.
Duff was the eldest illegitimate son of James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife (1729–1809), and Margaret Adam, of Keith. As his mother was of humble status, her three children with Fife were placed in the guardianship of William Rose, Fife's factor.
His father, son of William Duff of Dipple, co. Banff, was M.P. for Banffshire 1727–34, was created Lord Braco in the peerage of Ireland 28 July 1735, and was advanced to the dignity of Earl of Fife and Viscount Macduff, also in the peerage of Ireland, by patent dated 26 April 1759, on proving his descent from Macduff, Earl of Fife.
James Duff, 5th Earl Fife, KT (6 July 1814 – 7 August 1879) was a Scottish nobleman and politician. Early life. Duff was the son of Sir Alexander Duff, younger ...
Duff was the son of Colonel James Duff, a retired army officer living in Aberdeenshire, and Jane Bracken Dunlop.He and his twin brother Alan were among the first boys at Fettes College, Edinburgh; he came as a scholar to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1878 and was elected a Classical Fellow in 1883, a post he held until his death.
Duff was born on 21 July 1831 in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. [3] He was the son of James Duff and his wife Charlotte, eldest daughter of Sir George Beeston Prescott. [2] His grandfather was Major-General Sir James Duff. [2] Duff was educated at Rugby [3] and entered the army as an ensign in 1851. [2]