DUFF, Hon. James (1729-1809), of Duff House, Banff. and Mar Lodge, Aberdeen.

b. 28 Sept. 1729, 1st surv. s. of William Duff, M.P., of Braco, 1st Baron Braco [I] and 1st Earl Fife [I], by his 2nd w. Jean, da. of Sir James Grant, 6th Bt., of Grant and sis. of Ludovick and Francis Grant. educ. St. Andrews Univ., Grand Tour. m. 4 June 1759, Lady Dorothea Sinclair (sep. 1771), da. and h. of Alexander, 8th Earl of Caithness [S], s.p. Styled Visct. MacDuff 1759-63; suc. fa. as 2nd Earl Fife [I] 30 Sept. 1763; cr. Baron Duff of Fife [GB] 5 July 1790.