James Duff, 5th Earl Fife
- James Duff, 5th Earl Fife
James Duff, 5th Earl Fife (6 July 1814 – 7 August 1879) was a Scottish nobleman.
Duff was the son of Sir Alexander Duff, younger brother of James Duff, 4th Earl Fife and Anne Stein, the daughter of James Stein.
He was Member of Parliament for Banffshire from 1837 to 1857; his brother, George Skene Duff, was Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs.
He was created Baron Skene, of Skene, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1857.
In 1846 he married Lady Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay, daughter of William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll and Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence (an illegitimate daughter of William IV). They had four daughters and one son, Alexander, created Duke of Fife in 1889.
References
* Robert P. Dod, "The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain for 1860", London, 1860, p.255
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