James (Duff) Duff First Baronet of Halkin (1734 - 1815)

Born 1734 in Scotland

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Died 20 Nov 1815 at about age 81 in Port St. Marys, Spain

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Biography

James (Duff) Duff First Baronet of Halkin was born in Scotland.

• Sir James Duff, 1st Baronet, Consul at Cadiz, was the eldest son of William Duff of Crombie and Elizabeth Dalrymple. ^{[1] [2]}
• He was born in Scotland in 1734, and was shipping Sherry from Cadiz from 1768 as quite a young man. Duff was a generous man, and an enormous help to Thomas Osborne (1761-1845), advising and supplying wine initially and giving him storage for his own wine. [The Osborne group eventually purchased Duff Gordon]. ^[3]
• He never married; however, he took on his nephew William Gordon (1772-1823), son of his sister Anne Duff and Alexander Gordon (of Aberdeenshire, the judge Lord Rockville), as a partner and inheritor in 1788. The firm was re-named Duff Gordon & Co.
• On the 3rd of April 1790, Duff was appointed British Consul in Cadiz, a position he retained till his death.
• He was created 1st Baronet Duff, of Halkin, co. Ayr [U.K.] on 12 November 1813, with special remainder to his nephew, William Duff. ^{[4] [5][6]}
• His death notice in The Hull Packet and East Riding Times : At Port St. Mary's, in Spain, on the 20th of November, in his 82nd year, Sir James Duff, Bart, his Majesty's Consul at Cadiz. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Records of James Duff at the National Archives" http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F57105
2. ↑ This WikiTree profile is referenced from Wikidata: Item Q46891528, en:Wikipedia
3. ↑ "Entry on the Duff Gordon bodegas" http://jerez-xeres-sherry.blogspot.com/2013/07/bodegas-duff-gordon.html
4. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p37.htm#i365
5. ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.
6. ↑ Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 :"The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive. James Duff, Vol 1, pg 92
7. ↑ The Hull Packet and East Riding Times, Hull, East Yorkshire, England, 26 Dec 1815, page 3

• Duffs - "Duffs of Crombie and Duff Gordons" in "The Book of the Duffs" by Henrietta and Alexander (Alister) Tayler, printed privately by T & A Constable in Edinburgh 1914, pages 414-425, here 420-423.