Duff, James, 1776-1857

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Duff, James, 1776-1857

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        1776-1857

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        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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        Duff, Alexander, 1777-1851 (1777-1851)

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        GB-2014-WSA-06450

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        Duff, Alexander, 1777-1851 is the sibling of Duff, James, 1776-1857

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        Manners, John, 1730-1792 (1730-1792)

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        GB-2014-WSA-11764

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        Manners, John, 1730-1792 is the grandparent of Duff, James, 1776-1857

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        GB-2014-WSA-06451

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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