Alexander Duff GCH (bef. 1777 - 1851)

Born before 14 Oct 1777 in Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Stein) Duff — married 16 Mar 1812 in Edinburgh, Scotland

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1851 after age 73 in Fulham, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Biography

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.

Sources

• LDS baptism record for Alexander Duff 1777

• The Peerage.com (M, #148994)

• Wikipedia - - General Sir Alexander Duff GCH

• Morning Chronicle 27 March 1812 : Marriage : At Edinburugh, on the 16th of March, Major General the Hon. Sir Alexander Duff to Miss Annie Stein, youngest daughter of the late James Stein Esq., of Kilbagie, Clackmannanshire , Scotland.

• Duffs - The Book of the Duffs by Henrietta (Cousin Hetty) and Alexander (Alister) Tayler, printed privately by T & A Constable in Edinburgh 1914, pp. 182, 208, 215-222

• Death Certificate (my copy of which is less than averagely legible): Death Certificate data (selection):

• Registration District : Kensington , Paddington and Fulham
  
• Registration SubDistrict : Fulham in the County of Middlesex [since the later nineteenth century subsumed into West London]
  
• Year of Registration : 1851
  
• Nbr. In register : 373
  
• When died : 21. March 1851
  
• Where died : Percy Cross, Fulham
  
• Name : Alexander Duff
  
• Sex : Male
  
• Age : 73 Years
  
• Occupation : G.C.H General and Colonel of the 37th Regt.
  
• Cause 1 : P___lent Disease of Bladder 4 weeks
  
• Cause 2 : Vomiting 3 days
  
• Cause certified by :
  
• Informant : Richard Stokes present at the death
  
• When registered : 21. March 1851
  
• Registrar : Samuel Knight
  

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Sir William Arbuthnot for creating Duff-1167 on 30 Sep 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Sir William and others.