Duke of Fife

Duke of Fife is a British peerage in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, named after the Scottish county of Fife. It is run by the family Duff / Carnegie.

The seat of the family is Elswick House near Stonehaven, Kincardineshire.

Award of the degree

The title was awarded twice, in both cases to Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife. This was the husband of Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

On June 29, 1889, two days after the marriage, raised the grandmother of Princess Louise, Queen Victoria, whose husband Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, to the rank of Duke of Fife and Marquess of Macduff. The title was first, as usual, just go to male physical Abkommlinge. As was evident that the couple will have no corresponding titles heirs, gave Queen Victoria the Duke on 24 April 1900, the dignity again, now with the provision that he could pass on to his daughters and their male physical descendants. The title of the former ceremony was extinguished with the death of the first Duke, who had two daughters but no sons.

The title of the Duke of Fife is to date the last Dukedom, which was awarded to a person who is not a son of the reigning monarch.

Subordinate title

At the time of his elevation to the rank of Duke Duff has already led the title Earl Fife ( created 1759), Earl of Fife ( created 1885), Viscount Macduff ( created 1759), Baron Braco ( created 1735) and Baron Skene ( created 1857). Marquess of Macduff, Earl of Fife and Baron Skene belonged to the Peerage of the United Kingdom, all others to the Peerage of Ireland. All these titles extinguished together with the first Dukedom with the death of Alexander Duff in 1912.

The subsidiary title of the current Dukes are: Earl of Macduff ( created 1900), Earl of Southesk ( created 1633), Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird ( created 1616), Lord Carnegie ( created 1633) and Baron Bali Hard ( created 1869). Earl of Macduff and Baron Bali Hard belong to the peerage of the United Kingdom, all others in the Peerage of Scotland. Except for the Earl of Macduff these titles were previously subordinate title of Earl of Southesk. This latter title along with its subsidiary titles, the current Duke inherited in 1992 from his father's side, while the Dukedom of his aunt and her father is.

The eldest son of the respective Dukes leads the courtesy title Earl of Southesk, his eldest son the courtesy title of Lord Carnegie.

List of Dukes of Fife and Earl Fife

Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird ( 1616)

See Earl of Southesk

Earl of Southesk ( 1633)

See Earl of Southesk

Earl Fife (1759 )

  • William Duff, 1st Earl Fife ( 1696-1763 )
  • James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife ( 1729-1809 )
  • Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl Fife ( 1731-1811 )
  • James Duff, 4th Earl Fife ( 1776-1857 )
  • James Duff, 5th Earl Fife ( 1814-1879 )
  • Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife ( 1849-1912 ) ( 1889 Duke of Fife applicable)

Dukes of Fife, First Creation (1889 )

Dukes of Fife, Second Creation (1900)

Its heir is the eldest son, David Charles Carnegie, Earl of Southesk ( b. 1961 ).

Lord Southesks heir apparent is his eldest son, Charles Duff Carnegie, Lord Carnegie (* 1989).

Swell

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David ( ed.): Debrett 's Peerage and Baronetage. (1990 edition). St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment 's Peerage Page (English)
  • Www.thepeerage.com (English)
  • Dukedom (United Kingdom)
  • Duke of Fife
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