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Gen. Hon. Col. Alexander Duff

Gen. Hon. Col. Alexander Duff

Male 1777 - 1851  (73 years)


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  • Name Alexander Duff
    Prefix Gen. Hon. Col.
    Birth 4 Oct 1777  Logierait, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 14 Oct 1777  Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Burial Mar 1851  Banffshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 21 Mar 1851  Walham Green, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10923  Evert Louwe Goosen
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2021

    Father Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl of Five,   b. 18 Apr 1731, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1811, Banff, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Mother Mary Skene,   b. Abt 1735, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 17 Aug 1775  Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Stein, Countess of Five,   b. 19 Apr 1788, Clackmannan, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1859, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Marriage 16 Mar 1812 
    Children 
    +1. James Duff, 5th Earl of Five,   b. 6 Jul 1814, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1879, Aberdeen, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     2. George Skene Duff,   b. 13 Sep 1816, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1889, Bournemouth, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     3. Catherine Duff,   b. Abt 1820   d. 6 Dec 1869 (Age 49 years)
     4. Louise Duff,   b. Abt 1824   d. 23-9-1864 (Age 40 years)
    Family ID F4186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jun 2021

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    • Colonel of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 1831–1851. He was a British Army officer of the Napoleonic era. In 1793 he was commissioned an ensign in the 66th Regiment of Foot, and served at Gibraltar, in Flanders, in the East Indies in 1798, and under Baird during the invasion of Egypt.

      In 1806, Duff commanded the centre column in the attack on Buenos Aires. He was appointed colonel of the 37th Regiment of Foot in 1831, was made GCH in 1834, and was promoted general in 1838. From 1848 until his death. He was Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire, and was a deputy lieutenant of Banffshire. Colonel of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot in the years of 1831–1851.

      Duff married Anne Stein, by whom he had two sons and two daughters, including James Duff, 5th Earl Fife and George Skene Duff.

      Alexander was a younger brother of James Duff, 4th Earl Fife.

      He died aged 73 on the 21st March 1851 at Percy Cross, Walham Green, Fulham, Middlesex, England.