1889 Alexander Duff, 1st DUKE OF FIFE, 4, Cavendish Square to Sir Henry Ponsonby

Description: 1889 Alexander Duff, 1st DUKE OF FIFE, 4, Cavendish Square to Sir Henry PonsonbyThis product data sheet is originally written in English.Highland Games Gathering for Queen Victoria 1889 Alexander Duff, 1st DUKE OF FIFE, 4, Cavendish Square to Sir Henry Ponsonby, dated 7th June, a few weeks prior to his marriage to Princess Louise, & fixing the date of the Gathering at the Old Mar Lodge, Scotland for the 5th September , an extract from Queen Victoria's Diary for the 5th Sept Balmoral Castle,gives mention of the Event "A splendid hot day. — Breakfasting outside the Cottage. Quite summer since yesterday & three days ago quite cold. — Sat out writing. — Resting. — After an early luncheon, left at 2 for the Gathering, all of us & the whole Household, the gentlemen having gone on before. The road was kept very clear. The Gathering was held at Old Mar Lodge. All the Duff men & mine were drawn up, when we arrived & when we left. A sort of Pavilion on a raised platform had been arranged, & Louise & Mc Duff met us on the steps. There was a good deal of cheering & there were a large number of spectators. The Games went on without interruption, dancing (which was not very good) & running of races, going on at the same time. Tossing the caber, putting the stone, & throwing the hammer were all very good". Alexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, KG, KT, GCVO, VD, PC (10 November 1849 – 29 January 1912) styled Viscount Macduff between 1857 and 1879 and known as the Earl Fife between 1879 and 1889, was a British peer who married Princess Louise, the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Fife was born Alexander Duff in Edinburgh, the son of James Duff and his wife, Lady Agnes Hay. His father was a grandson of the 3rd Earl Fife and heir presumptive to the 4th Earl Fife. His mother was the second daughter of the 18th Earl of Erroll and his wife, Elizabeth FitzClarence, an illegitimate daughter of King William IV. When his father succeeded as 5th Earl Fife in 1857, Duff acquired the courtesy title of "Viscount Macduff". He attended Eton from 1863 to 1866. Political and diplomatic career In 1872, while known as Viscount Macduff, Fife became Lord-Lieutenant of Elginshire in Scotland and continued in the position for thirty years. From 1874 to 1879, he also served as Member of Parliament for Elginshire and Nairnshire, standing as a Liberal. On 7 August 1879, he succeeded his father as 6th Earl Fife in the Peerage of Ireland (and as 2nd Baron Skene in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, thus gaining a seat in the House of Lords. At this time, he also succeeded in a number of Scottish feudal baronies, including MacDuff, which was named for James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife.[1] 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. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 1st Banffshire Artillery Volunteers on 15 March 1884.[2] In 1885, Queen Victoria created him "Earl of Fife" in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[3] He took part in the founding of the Chartered Company of South Africa and served as one of its vice presidents until the Jameson Raid of 1896. He was Lord Lieutenant of the County of London from February 1900[4] until his death in 1912. Marriage On Saturday 27 July 1889, Lord Fife married Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of the then-Prince and Princess of Wales, at the Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace. The couple were third cousins in descent from George III. The wedding marked the second time a descendant of Queen Victoria married a British subject (the first being the marriage of Princess Louise, the Queen's fourth daughter, to the Duke of Argyll). On the day of the wedding, the Queen elevated Lord Fife to the further dignity of Duke of Fife and Marquess of Macduff, in the County of Banff, in the peerage of the United Kingdom. The marriage of the Duke of Fife and Princess Louise produced three children: Alastair Duff (who would have been styled Marquess of Macduff, stillborn 16 June 1890); Lady Alexandra Duff (later styled H.H. Princess Alexandra, 17 May 1891 – 26 February 1959) married her first cousin once removed Prince Arthur of Connaught (13 January 1883 – 12 September 1938), and had one son, Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn; and Lady Maud Duff (later styled H.H Princess Maud, 3 April 1893 – 14 December 1945) married the 11th Earl of Southesk, and had one son, James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife. Fresh to the Market Place, from Major-General Sir John Ponsonby's Collection For more from this collection see our shop category for SIR HENRY & JOHN PONSONBY COLLECTION John Ponsonby (British Army officer)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Major-General Sir John Ponsonby KCB CMG DSO (25 March 1866 – 26 March 1952) was a British Army officer who commanded 5th Division during World War I Born the son of Sir Henry Ponsonby (Queen Victoria's Private Secretary), his Mother Hon. Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby, Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria and a daughter of John Crocker Bulteel. His brothers were Frederick Ponsonby, ( Assistant Private Secretary to Edward VII & GV), and Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, (British politician, writer, and social activist). His Two Sisters were Alberta Victoria Ponsonby (6 May 1862 – 15 October 1945) and Magdalen Ponsonby (24 June 1864 – 1 July 1934) Author Sir John was educated at Eton College, He was gazetted to the Royal Irish Rifles 16 November 1887, and to the Coldstream Guards 15 August 1888, becoming Lieutenant 29 June 1891. He was ADC to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, 10 August 1891 to 30 January 1895; served in operations in Matabeleland (Medal); was promoted to Captain 7 September 1898, and in that year served in Uganda (Medal), and again in 1899, during the operations against Kabarega (clasp). Captain Ponsonby served in the South African War, 1899-1902, on special service with the Rhodesian Field Force, 19 February 1900 to 7 July 1901. He was Adjutant, 5th New Zealand Regiment, 8 June 1900 to 1 January 1901; afterwards in command 1 January to 18 January 1901. From February to May 1900, be was employed with Mounted Infantry, and he took part in operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, from July to 29 November 1900; operations in the Transvaal, February to June 1901; operations in Cape Colony, February to 31 May 1902. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; received the Queen's Medal with four clasps, the King's Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "John Ponsonby, Captain, Coldstream Guards. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 27 October 1901. He was promoted to Major 23 January 1904, and commanded the Guards' Depot 1 March 1905 to 28 February 1907. He became Lieutenant Colonel 28 October 1913. Lieutenant Colonel Ponsonby served in the European War, 1914—18; Landed in France 13th August 1914 in charge of 1st Coldstream Guards,Wounded 15th September & returned to unit 21st November. commanded the 2nd Guards Brigade, BEF, 26 August 1915 to 19 November 1916: was given the Brevet of Colonel 1 January 1916; commanded the Special Reserve Infantry Brigade 28 November 1916 to 7 March 1917; commanded the 21st Infantry Brigade, BEF, 8 March to 20 March 1917; became Colonel 20 March 1917; commanded the 2nd Guards Brigade, British Armies in France, 21 March to 21 August 1917; commanded the 40th Division, British Armies in France, 22 August 1917 to 3 July 1918; subsequently commanded the 5th Division, British Armies in France, 4 July 1918 to 1 April 1919; was promoted to Major General 1 January 1919. He was mentioned in Despatches; created a CMG in 1915, a CB in 1918, and was given the Brevet of Colonel. He went on to become General Officer Commanding 5th Division remaining in that role until the end of the War. After the War he became General Officer Commanding the Madras District of India. He retired in 1928. He lived at Haile Hall near Beckermet in Cumbria : Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution1889 Alexander Duff, 1st DUKE OF FIFE, 4, Cavendish Square to Sir Henry Ponsonby, dated 7th June, a few weeks prior to his marriage to Princess Louise, & fixing the date of the Gathering at the Old Mar Lodge, Scotland for the 5th September , an extract from Queen Victoria's Diary for the 5th Sept Balmoral Castle,gives mention of the Event"A splendid hot day. — Breakfasting outside the Cottage. Quite summer since yesterday & three days ago quite cold. — Sat out writing. — Resting. — After an early luncheon, left at 2 for the Gathering, all of us & the whole Household, the gentlemen having gone on before. The road was kept very clear. The Gathering was held at Old Mar Lodge. All the Duff men & mine were drawn up, when we arrived & when we left. A sort of Pavilion on a raised platform had bee Related Interests Gathering at Balmoral Certification Guaranteed Original Country England Royal Residence Balmoral Castle Royal/ Reign Victoria (1837-1901) Written By Duke of Fife Famous Persons Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife Royalty UK Royalty Theme Highland Games Gathering Autograph Type Manuscript Letter Place/House/Estate 4 Cavendish Square Addressed To Sir Henry Ponsonby Year 1889 Year of Issue 1889

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