Duke of Fife

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Coat of arms of the Dukes of Fife since 2017

Duke of Fife is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , named after the Scottish county of Fife .

The Dukes have also been Chief of Clan Carnegie since 1992 . The Dukes' family residences are Kinnaird Castle near Brechin in Angus and Elsick House near Stonehaven in Kincardineshire .

Awards

Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife and his wife Princess Louise of Great Britain and Ireland

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

On June 29, 1889, two days after the marriage, Queen Victoria made her granddaughter's husband, Alexander Duff, 6th Earl of Fife, Duke of Fife and Marquess of Macduff . As usual, the titles were only inheritable to male descendants. When it became apparent that the couple would only have daughters, Queen Victoria bestowed the titles Duke of Fife and Earl of Macduff , in the County of Banff, on April 24, 1900 , with the provision that they would also be given to his daughters and whose male biological descendants could pass over. The titles of the first-mentioned award expired in 1912 with the death of the first duke, those of the second award went to the older of his two daughters.

The title of Duke of Fife is the last dukedom to date to be awarded to a person who is not a son or grandson of the ruling monarch.

Subordinate title

At the time of his elevation to the rank of duke, Duff was already carrying the titles 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 belonged to the Peerage of Ireland . All of these titles expired together with the first dukedom with the death of Alexander Duff in 1912.

The son of the 2nd Duchess carried the courtesy title of Earl of Macduff as Heir Apparent . Since the 2nd Duchess survived their only son, on her death in 1959 the title of Duke of Fife and the subordinate title Earl of Macduff fell to her nephew James Carnegie , her sister's son, as the 3rd Duke. In 1992 he inherited from his father the titles 12th Earl of Southesk (created 1633), 12th Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird (created 1616) and 12th Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird and Leuchars (created 1633), belonging to the Peerage of Scotland Peerage of the United Kingdom belonging title 4. Baron Balinhard (created 1869), as well as the title 12 Baronet , of Pitcarrow in the County of Kincardine (created 1663) belonging to the Baronetage of Nova Scotia . Since then, these have been further subordinate titles of the respective duke. Since then, the heir apparent of the respective duke has had the courtesy title Earl of Southesk , his heir apparent the courtesy title Lord Carnegie .

List of the Dukes of Fife

Dukes of Fife, first award (1889)

Dukes of Fife, second award (1900)

The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the eldest son, Charles Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (* 1989).

See also

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