James (2nd Earl of Fife) Duff^[1]

1728 - 1809  (80 years)

• Name	James (2nd Earl of Fife) Duff
  Birth	28 Sep 1728
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Jan 1809
  Person ID	I128570	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	William (1st Earl of Fife) Duff,   b. Abt 1696   d. 30 Sep 1763 (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Jean Grant,   b. 28 Sep 1705   d. 16 Jan 1788 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1723	St.James Palace, London, England
  Family ID	F50036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dorothea Sinclair,   b. 4 Apr 1739   d. 30 Sep 1818 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	He had three children by his mother's personal maid, Margaret Adam of Keith, all of whom were born before his marriage to Sinclair.
  Family ID	F50037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Adam,   b. Abt 1728   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Gen. Sir James Duff, MP,   b. Keith, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 5 Dec 1839, Funtington House, near Chichester, Sussex, England   2. William Duff   d. Bef 1804   3. Jean Duff
  Family ID	F50242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2022

  
  

• Notes

  James Duff acknowledged William and his brother James and sister Jean as his children and all three received a good education at his expense. Care of the children was entrusted to William Rose, the factor (agent) of Lord Fife . The correspondence on this matter between William Rose, Lord Fife, and the three Duff children is extant, some being published in the 1925 book Lord Fife and his Factor.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3540] Hamish Maclaren.