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FIFE. 349 4th Earl op Findlateh [S.], by Anne, da. of Sir William Dunbar, Bart., of Durn. She d. 1722 B.p. aud was bur. at Banff. He m. secondly, in 1723, in St. James' Place, Jean, da. of Sir James Grant, Bart. [S.], of Grant, by Anne, da. and h. of Sir Humphrey Colquhoun, Bart. [S.] He d. 30 Sep. 1763, at Rothemay, co. Banff, and was bur. in the church of Grange, aged about 67. Adnion. 5 March 1764. His widow (/. 10 Jan. 1788, aged 83, and was bur. in the church of Grange. II. 1763. 2 and 1. James (Duff), Earl Fife, &c. [I.], 2d but 1st Burv. a. and h.,( a ) b. 28 Sep. 1729, in the parish of Banff, Rnrnnn mm 1BU Burv > iu,u ll, iw »■ -° OK P- uty, m lae pansu ot r>antt, 0 7 L J styled Viscount Macduff, 1759-63 ; M.P. for Banffshire, 1754-84, I, 1790, and for Elginshire, 1784-90; founder of .the town of Macduff to on the frith of Moray. ( b ) He was a: 5 July 1790, BARON OF 18Qt)_ FIFE, co. Fife [G.B.] He m. 4 June 1766, at Edinburgh, Dorothea, only da. and h. of Alexander (Sinclair), Earl of Caithness [S.], by Margaret, da. of Archibald (Primrose), 1st Earl of Rosf.bkry [S.] She was b. 4 April 1739, and was living 6 April 1767, when the House of Lords declared against her claim to her father's estates and in favour of the heir male. He d. s.p. at his house at Whitehall, Midx., 28 Jan. 1809, in his 80th year, and was bur. in the Mausoleum at Duff House, when the Barony of Fife [G.B.] became extinct. Will pr. 1810. Earldom [L] 3. Alexander (Duff), Earl Fife, &c. [I.], next br. III. 1809. ancl k-' 4 - 1731 ; Member of the Faculty of Advocates, 1754. He m. 17 Aug. 1770, at Carriston, co. Forfar, Mary, 1st da. of George Skene, of Skene, co. Aberdeen aud of Carriston afsd. He d. 17 April 1811, at Duff House, co. Banff. His wife survived him. IV. 1811. 4. audi. James (Duff), Earl Fife, &c. [I.], 1st s. Baronv TU E 1 an( ' 6 ® ci ' 1 '^ 6 ' Viscount Macduff, 1809-11 ; was 7 ■ Major General in the Spanish army, in which he served during the I. 1827 Peninsular war; wounded at Talavera, 1S09 ; aud again at the to storming of Fort Matagorda (near Cadiz) in 1S10, for which service lg57 he vvas made knight of San Fernando in Spain,( c ) ; Lieut-Col. of the Invernessshire Militia ; M.P. for co. Banff, 1818-26 ; a Lord of the Bedchamber, 1819; G.C.H. (civil) 1823 ; being cr. 28 April 1827, BARON FIFE, of the co. of Fife [U.K.] ; K.T. 3 Sep. 1827 ; Lord Lieut, of co. Banff tilU856 ; V.P. of the Soe. of Antiquaries [S.], &c. He m.9Sep.l799,at St. James' Westm., Maria Caroline, 2d da. of John Manners, of Grantham Grange, co. Lincoln, by Louisa suo jure [1821-40] Countess of Dvsart [S.] She d. at Edinburgh, 20 Dec. 1 805 and was bur. at Helmiugham, co. Suffolk. The Earl d. s.p. 9 March 1857, aged 80, at Duff House, co. Banff, when the Barony of Fife [U.K.] became extinct. Earldom [I.] 5. James (Duff), Earl Fife, &c. [I.], nephew and V 1857 k keing s. and h. of Gen. the Hon. Sir Alexander Duff, G.C.H., by Anne, da. of James Stein, of Kilbagie, which Alexander, was 2d s. of the 3d Earl and d. 21 March 1861, aged 77. He was b. 6 July 1814 in Edinburgh; was sometime attache to the Embassy at Paris; M.P. for Banffshire, 1837-57, being on 1 Oct. 1857, cr. BARON SKENE of Skene,( d ) co. Aberdeen [U.K.] ; Lord Lieut, of co. Banff, 1856 ; K.T., 2 March 1860. He 1* 16 March 1846, at the British Embassy, Paris, Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth, 2d da. of William George (Hat), Earl of Erroll [S.], by Elizabeth, his wife, formerly Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence, illegit. da. of H.U.H. the Duke of Clarence, aftcrvxirds King "William IV. She, who was b. 12 May 1S29, d. 18 Dec. 1S69, aged 40, at 4 Cavendish square, Midx. He d. at Mar Lodge, co. Aberdeen, 7 Aug. 1879, aged 65. ( a ) His eldest br. the Hon. William Duff b. at Banff, 26 March [O.S.] 1724, d. v.p. and unm. 26 March [N.S.] 1753, in London, and was bur. there. ( b ) He erected a harbour at Doune, for which in 1783 he procured a charter erecting it into a " burgh " under the name of Macduff. (c) Royal Lie. to accept the same, 27 Feb. 1818. (<l) Why he did not choose the more appropriate title of Baron Fife, which had twice (1790 and 1827) been adopted by his predecessors, the Earls Fife, it is hard to say ; but see p. 267, note " a," sub " Enniskillen " as to the extraordinary craze of Scotch and Irish Peers in such matters.