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Robert Duff
Admiral + Governor + Military Person
Male
Born
1721
Died
Dec 6, 1787
Death Place
Scotland
Nationality
British
Robert Duff was an officer of the Royal Navy during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence. He rose to the rank of Admiral, and served briefly as colonial governor of Newfoundland.
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1721
Birth
Born in 1721.
TWENTIES
1744
23 Years Old
He was advanced to commander on 4 December 1744, and by 1746 was in command of the bomb vessel, serving off the Scottish coast.
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THIRTIES
1755
34 Years Old
Duff's next ship was the 50-gun, which he joined in 1755.
1758
37 Years Old
He spent several years cruising, either independently or as part of the main fleet, and in 1758 was part of Commodore Richard Howe's squadron defending the expeditions against St Malo, Cherbourg and St Cas.
1759
38 Years Old
He became senior officer of a small squadron stationed off Brittany in 1759, watching the French fleet in Morbihan, while a fleet under Edward Hawke blockaded Brest, France.
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FORTIES
1762
41 Years Old
Duff saw action at the capture of Martinique during January and February 1762, but owing to his seniority, he refused to serve as Rodney's flag-captain, and was sent home.
1764
43 Years Old
In 1764 he married Helen Duff, the daughter of his cousin, the first Earl of Fife.
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FIFTIES
1776
55 Years Old
His posting was brief, in 1776 he became rear-admiral of the white and in September 1777 he was appointed to the command of the Mediterranean, with the 60-gun as his flagship.
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1778
57 Years Old
He had been promoted to vice-admiral of the blue on 29 January 1778, and was advanced to vice-admiral of the white later that year, but held no further command after his return to England in 1780.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1787
66 Years Old
His portrait was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds for Greenwich Hospital. Increasingly ill with gout during his later years, he died at Queensferry on 6 June 1787, his death being attributed to an attack of gout in the stomach.
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