DUFF, Adam of Clunybeg, in Mortlach ^{1 2}

Adam married MURRAY of Milegan. (MURRAY of Milegan was born about 1600.)

  Marriage Notes:

"he (Adam Duff of Clunybeg) married, first, a daughter of Murray of Milegan, and then a daughter of Gordon of Birkenburn..." ¹

Adam next married Beatrice GORDON, daughter of Alexander GORDON 3rd of Birkenburn and Margaret GORDON of Drumbuilg. (Beatrice GORDON was born about 1608.)

  Marriage Notes:

"5. Beatrice. She does not appear in the Balbithan MS., but is mentioned in the Lyon Register. According to Douglas' Baronage she married Adam Duff in Clunybeg, and thus became the ancestor of the present Duke of Fife."

from Birkenburn

Note:
"Duke of Fife is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which has been created twice, in both cases for Alexander, 1st Duke of Fife and 6th Earl Fife, who in 1889 married Louise, Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII."

The 1st Earl Fife was William Duff, Lord Braco,1697-1763, the son of William Duff of Dipple, who in turn was the second son of Alexander Duff of Keithmore, whose parents were Adam Duff of Cluntbeg and Beatrice Gordon. William Duff of Dipple, 1653-1722, married Jean Gordon, the daughter of Sir George Gordon of Edenglassie. ^{1 2 3}