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- Fife, who succeeded his father, the 3rd earl, to the entailed estates in 1811, went to law in 1816 in a bid to recover his uncle’s property, which was reckoned to be worth over £20,000 a year, with timber valued at £100,000. The costly case dragged on in the Scottish courts and the Lords until 1826, when Fife was finally successful. 1
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Duke of Fife is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that has been created twice, in both cases for Alexander Duff, 1st Earl of Fife. In 1889, Lord Fife married Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria .
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He served in the Liberal government of William Ewart Gladstone as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from May 1880 to January 1881, and served on a special diplomatic mission to invest the King of Saxony with the Order of the Garter in February 1882.
His son Alexander William George Duff (1849-1912), Liberal Member for Elgin and Nairn, 1874-9, was created earl of Fife [UK] in 1885 and duke of Fife in 1889, on the occasion of his marriage to Queen Victoria’s granddaughter Princess Louise.
Oct 28, 2014 · The most recent dukedom to become extinct was Portland in 1990, with the death of the 9th Duke; his only son had predeceased him. Protests from families threatened by the absence of male heirs led to Lord Lucas in May 2013 introducing his Equalities (Titles) Bill to the House of Lords.
When Alexander died on 29 January 1912, Alexandra became Duchess of Fife and Countess of Macduff in her own right. On 15 October 1913, Alexandra married her first cousin, once removed, Prince Arthur of Connaught and she gave birth to her only child – yet another Alastair – on 9 August 1914.
Jan 25, 2022 · Today the dukedom of Fife is held by his son, the 4 th Duke, David (b. 1961), who is at present #81 in the line of succession to the British throne. His son and heir is known as the Earl of Southesk as his courtesy title.
Feb 19, 2024 · Alexandra succeeded to the 1900 Dukedom, becoming the Duchess of Fife and Countess of Macduff in her own right and her father’s other titles, including the 1889 Dukedom, became extinct. Alexandra’s only son predeceased her, so upon her death, Maud’s son James Carnegie became the 3rd Duke of Fife.
