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He was elected M.P. for Banffshire (1784–9), and colonel of the 50th Regiment of Foot from 1798 to death. [1] 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 ...
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.
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
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]
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
Banffshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
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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.