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For his service to Duff, Rose was awarded many political favours. First, Duff gave Rose a vote in three different constituencies (Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Morayshire), he appointed him the first Provost of Macduff, and latterly the Sheriff Clerk of Banffshire. He was created a British peer by the title of Baron Fife, 19 February 1790. He held ...
General Sir James Duff (1752–1839) was a British army officer, who fought in the Napoleonic wars [1] ... He was elected M.P. for Banffshire (1784–9), ...
Banffshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800, ... James Duff: 316 : 53.7 : −4.0 : Conservative: John Ogilvy-Grant: 273 ...
He was Member of Parliament for Banffshire from 1837 to 1857; his brother, George Skene Duff, was Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs.He succeeded as the 5th Earl Fife, 5th Baron Braco of Kilbryde, and 5th Viscount MacDuff on 9 March 1857, and inherited many baronies including MacDuff, named for James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife. [3]
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire, Scotland. James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife 17 March 1794 – 24 January 1809 [1] In commission 1809–1813 [2] Sir George Abercromby, 4th Baron Abercromby; Francis Garden Campbell; Stewart Souler; James Duff, 4th Earl Fife 8 June 1813 – 1856
While there was an earlier hamlet at Laichie and Mortlach, Dufftown as a Burgh was founded in 1817 by James Duff, 4th Earl Fife and was named after him. [7] The town was established to help develop the Earls estate and provide both housing and employment for soldiers returning home from the Napoleonic War. [3]
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, 4th Earl Fife (1776–1857), MP for Banffshire
On 17 April 1811 he succeeded his father as fourth Earl Fife less than 2 years after his father himself had succeeded, and also as Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire, and as a baron to many minor baronies including Macduff, named for James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife by a Crown Charter granted by King George III in 1783.