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, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 November 1813 for James Duff, British Consul in

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, with remainder to his nephew, William Gordon. Duff died unmarried in 1815 and was succeeded according to the special

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by his nephew, the second Baronet, who assumed the additional surname of Duff on succeeding to the title. He was the second son of Lord Rockville, fourth son of the 2nd Earl of Aberdeen. Duff Gordon sat as

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, wife of the fifth Baronet, was a leading fashion designer; and, together with her sister

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Duff, later Duff Gordon baronets, of Halkin (1813)

* Sir James Duff, 1st Baronet (1734–1815) *

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(1772–1823) *

Sir Alexander Cornewall Duff-Gordon, 3rd Baronet Sir Alexander Cornewall Duff-Gordon, 3rd Baronet (3 February 1811 – 27 October 1872) was a British civil servant and Baronet of Halkin. He was the husband of Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon, a translator and writer best known for her correspondence on ...

(1811–1872) * Sir Maurice Duff-Gordon, 4th Baronet (1849–1896) * Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet (1862–1931) * Sir Henry William Duff-Gordon, 6th Baronet (1866–1953) * Sir Douglas Frederick Duff-Gordon, 7th Baronet (1892–1964) * Sir Andrew Cosmo Lewis Duff-Gordon, 8th Baronet (born 1933) The

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is the present holder's son Cosmo Henry Villiers Duff-Gordon (born 1968).

References

*{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Duff-Gordon Baronetcies created with special remainders

Duff, later Duff Gordon baronets, of Halkin (1813)

See also

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