2nd Earl of Fife.
Son of Lord Braco, William Duff of Dipple.
James Duff married on 5 June 1759, Lady Dorothea Sinclair, only child of Alexander, ninth earl of Caithness, but he had no issue, and his British peerage became extinct on his death. He was succeeded in his Irish earldom by his next brother, Alexander. However he had three children by his mother's personal maid, Margaret Adam of Keith, all of whom were born before his marriage to Sinclair
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 01 March 1809, p 4:
Funeral of the Earl of Fife.
On Thursday last the remains of the late Earl of Fife passed through this place in a hearse drawn by six horses, preceded by mutes, followed by the mourners in a mourning coach with four, his lordship's carriage with six, and several other carriages, in which were the gentlemen who accompanied the funeral to the family vault at Duff House, where, we understand, the body was on Saturday deposited'
(Book of Duff, Vol 1)
Son of Lord Braco, William Duff of Dipple.
James Duff married on 5 June 1759, Lady Dorothea Sinclair, only child of Alexander, ninth earl of Caithness, but he had no issue, and his British peerage became extinct on his death. He was succeeded in his Irish earldom by his next brother, Alexander. However he had three children by his mother's personal maid, Margaret Adam of Keith, all of whom were born before his marriage to Sinclair
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 01 March 1809, p 4:
Funeral of the Earl of Fife.
On Thursday last the remains of the late Earl of Fife passed through this place in a hearse drawn by six horses, preceded by mutes, followed by the mourners in a mourning coach with four, his lordship's carriage with six, and several other carriages, in which were the gentlemen who accompanied the funeral to the family vault at Duff House, where, we understand, the body was on Saturday deposited'
(Book of Duff, Vol 1)
2nd Earl of Fife.
Son of Lord Braco, William Duff of Dipple.
James Duff married on 5 June 1759, Lady Dorothea Sinclair, only child of Alexander, ninth earl of Caithness, but he had no issue, and his British peerage became extinct on his death. He was succeeded in his Irish earldom by his next brother, Alexander. However he had three children by his mother's personal maid, Margaret Adam of Keith, all of whom were born before his marriage to Sinclair
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 01 March 1809, p 4:
Funeral of the Earl of Fife.
On Thursday last the remains of the late Earl of Fife passed through this place in a hearse drawn by six horses, preceded by mutes, followed by the mourners in a mourning coach with four, his lordship's carriage with six, and several other carriages, in which were the gentlemen who accompanied the funeral to the family vault at Duff House, where, we understand, the body was on Saturday deposited'
(Book of Duff, Vol 1)
Son of Lord Braco, William Duff of Dipple.
James Duff married on 5 June 1759, Lady Dorothea Sinclair, only child of Alexander, ninth earl of Caithness, but he had no issue, and his British peerage became extinct on his death. He was succeeded in his Irish earldom by his next brother, Alexander. However he had three children by his mother's personal maid, Margaret Adam of Keith, all of whom were born before his marriage to Sinclair
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 01 March 1809, p 4:
Funeral of the Earl of Fife.
On Thursday last the remains of the late Earl of Fife passed through this place in a hearse drawn by six horses, preceded by mutes, followed by the mourners in a mourning coach with four, his lordship's carriage with six, and several other carriages, in which were the gentlemen who accompanied the funeral to the family vault at Duff House, where, we understand, the body was on Saturday deposited'
(Book of Duff, Vol 1)
Inscription
The Right Honourable JAMES, second Earl of Fife, Viscount Macduff, Baron Braco of the Kingdom of Ireland, Baron Fife in Great Britain, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Banff, Colonel of the Banffshire Local Militia, F.R.S. and S.A. Died January 24, 1809, in the eightieth year of his age.
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