Gen. Hon. Col. Alexander Duff
1777 - 1851 (73 years)
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Name Alexander Duff Prefix Gen. Hon. Col. Birth 4 Oct 1777 Logierait, Scotland 
Christening 14 Oct 1777 Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Gender Male Burial Mar 1851 Banffshire, Scotland Death 21 Mar 1851 Walham Green, England Person ID I10923 Evert Louwe Goosen Last Modified 5 Jul 2021
Father Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl of Five, b. 18 Apr 1731, Scotland d. 17 Apr 1811, Banff, Scotland (Age 79 years) Mother Mary Skene, b. Abt 1735, Scotland Marriage 17 Aug 1775 Angus, Scotland Family ID F4185 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anne Stein, Countess of Five, b. 19 Apr 1788, Clackmannan, Scotland d. 14 Feb 1859, London, England (Age 70 years) Marriage 16 Mar 1812 Children + 1. James Duff, 5th Earl of Five, b. 6 Jul 1814, Edinburgh, Scotland d. 7 Jul 1879, Aberdeen, Scotland (Age 65 years)2. George Skene Duff, b. 13 Sep 1816 d. 12 Mar 1889, Bournemouth, England (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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Birth - 4 Oct 1777 - Logierait, Scotland 
Christening - 14 Oct 1777 - Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - 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.
- 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.