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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 promoted lieutenant-general on 1 January 1801, and general on 25 October 1809, and at the time of his death, at Funtington, near Chichester, on 5 December 1839, he was the most senior general in the British army, and was one of the few officers who held a commission for over seventy years.
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 .
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.
Date of birth/death: 1835 : 1877 ... countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 ... fr.wikipedia.org James Duff (5e comte Fife) ...
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]
Phillip P. Keene (born September 5, 1966) is an American actor. He is mostly known for playing Buzz Watson on the TV series The Closer and its spinoff, Major Crimes.He is fluent in Spanish [1] and German.
Born at Banff, Scotland, the son of Banff Sheriff Clerk James Duff (1729–1804) by his marriage to Helen Skene 1734–1764, he was a kinsman (first cousin once removed) to the second and third Earls of Fife. [1] George Duff had a passion for the sea from early childhood, stowing away on a merchant ship for a voyage when not yet a teenager.