Duff, James, 1776-1857

DUFF, JAMES, 4TH EARL OF FIFE (I), elder son of Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl of Fife (I), advocate, and Mary, eldest dau. of George Skene, Carriston, Forfarshire; b. 6 Oct 1776; adm. Dec 1788 (Tayler, ed., ibid., 196); in school list Dec 1788; still at school Jan 1792 (Tayler, 232) and probably in Mar 1793 (Tayler, 242); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1794; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Apr 1794, Inner Temple 24 Nov 1795; volunteered to join Spanish army 1808; served in Spanish Army with rank of Maj. -Gen.; wounded at Talavera 1809 and in storming of Fort Matagorda, near Cadiz, 1810; succeeded father as 4th Earl of Fife (I) 17 Apr 1811; Lord Lieut., Banffshire 12 Jun 1813 - Mar 1856; MP Banffshire 1818 - 28 Apr 1827; a Lord of the Bedchamber 15 Jan 1819- Mar 1821, 17 Apr 1827- Dec 1834, Aug - Oct 1835; GCH 1823; created Baron Fife (UK) 28 Apr 1827; KT 3 Sep 1827; supporter of Conservative governments to 1830, subsequently a Whig; m. 9 Sep 1799 Lady Mary Caroline Manners, second dau. of John Manners (qv), and Louisa, Countess of Dysart (S); d. 5 Mar 1857. DNB.

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