There have been three creations of

baronets A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 1 ...

with the surname Duff, all in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...

. Two of the creations are extinct while one is extant.

Assheton-Smith, later Duff baronets, of Vaynol Park (1911)

The Assheton-Smith, later Duff Baronetcy, of Vaynol Park in the County of Carnarfon, was created in the

on 1 August 1911 for Charles Garden Assheton-Smith. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1980. * Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith, 1st Baronet (1851–1914) *

Sir Robert George Vivian Duff, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(1876–1914) * Sir (Charles) Michael Robert Vivian Duff, 3rd Baronet (1907–1980)

::Coat of arms ::*Shield: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, counter quartered (1st) and (4th) az. 2 bars between three pheons, or (Smith); (2nd) and (3rd) arg. a mullet pierced sa. (Assheton); 2nd and 3rd vert, a fesse dancetty erm., between a stag's head cabossed in chief and two escallops in base or, within a bordure chequy of the last and first (Duff). ::*Crests :::# Issuant from a mural crown, or, 2 arms embowed vested az. cuffed arg. the hands ppr. holding a pheon (Smith); :::# a mower in the act of mowing vested per pale arg. and sa., scythe-handle or, blade, ppr. (Assheton); :::# a bucks head erased ppr. (Duff) ::*Motto: ''Virtute et opera'' (By virtue and deeds)

Duff baronets, of Hatton (1952)

The Duff Baronetcy, of Hatton in the County of Aberdeen, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 July 1952 for Garden Beauchamp Duff. He was a descendant of Garden William Duff, whose younger brother Robert George Duff was the ancestor of 1911 baronets of Vaynoll Park. The Earls Fife were members of another branch of this family. The title became extinct on Sir Garden Beauchamp Duff's death in 1952. * Sir Garden Beauchamp Duff, 1st Baronet (1879–1952)

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

For more information on this creation, see Duff-Gordon baronets.

Notes

References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

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