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James (Duff) Duff of Knockleith (1820 - 1898)

Colonel James Duff of Knockleith formerly Duff
Born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdommap
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Husband of — married 1855 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdommap
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Died at age 77 in Kirktown of Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Scotlandmap
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Biography

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James (Duff) Duff of Knockleith was born in Scotland.

James was born in 1820. He was the son of Garden Duff and Louisa Dunbar.[1]

James was a Captain in the 74th Regiment, and then Lt. Colonel of the Banff, Moray, and Nairn Militia. He served in the Kaffir War, and at the close of one engagement was in command of the regiment owing to the death of the Colonel and other officers. After his retirement, and until his death, he lived at Knockleith, in Auchterless, where he built a house on the farm left to him by his father on a thirty-eight years' lease. He acted as guardian during the minority of his nephew Garden.[2]

He married Jane Bracken Dunlop in 1855 in Edinburgh.[3]

He passed away in 1898.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYFL-W13 : 10 February 2018), James Duff, 22 May 1820; citing , reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 993,304.
  2. ↑ "The Book Of The Duffs; : Tayler, Alistair Norwich, 1870-1937 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2022. Internet Archive. pps 255-257
  3. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYMR-2PP : 10 February 2018), James Duff and Jane Bracken Dunlop, 04 Apr 1855; citing Edinburgh Parish,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 6,035,516.
  4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SM-HY64 : 15 March 2016), James Duff, 1898; Burial, Kirktown of Auchterless, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Auchterless Kirkyard; citing record ID 154314697, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See also:

  • Census of Scotland 1871




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