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Robert Duff (politician)
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Sir Robert William Duff, GCMG, PC (1835 – March 16, 1895) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.
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He entered the Royal Navy in 1848, and was made a commander in 1865. He served as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Banffshire from 1861–93, and was a junior Lord of the Treasury and Liberal whip from 1882–5, and Civil Lord of the Admiralty in 1886. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1892. He was awarded the GCMG in 1893 and was Governor of New South Wales from May 29, 1893 – March 16, 1895. RobertDuff is the only NSW Governor to have died in Office and was interred in Waverley Cemetery.
Son of Arthur Duff (grandson of Robert Duff). He married Louisa Scott and had children: Helen, Robert W., Arthur, Heather, Isabel, Dorothy and Patrick.
- A & H Tayler (1914). The Book of the Duffs. William Brown.
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| Preceded by Lachlan Duff Gordon-Duff |
Member of Parliament for Banffshire 1861–1893 |
Succeeded by Sir William Wedderburn |
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| Preceded by The Earl of Jersey |
Governor of New South Wales 1893–1895 |
Succeeded by The Viscount Hampden |
Categories: Governors of New South Wales | Lords of the Admiralty | UK MPs 1865-1868 | UK MPs 1868-1874 | UK MPs 1874-1880 | UK MPs 1880-1885 | UK MPs 1885-1886 | UK MPs 1886-1892 | UK MPs 1892-1895 | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Scottish constituencies | Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom | Royal Navy officers | Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George | 1835 births | 1895 deaths