UDNY, Alexander of Udny, advocate ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"This Alexander Udny effected great improvements on the estate of Udny. The avenues, commonly called the 'walks of Udny,' were laid out by him, which still remain, though the inner rows of trees have long ago been cut down. He had a plan for irrigating the meadows, the remains of the works for which may still be seen in the milldam of the mill of Udny. Alexander Udny, commonly called 'Commissioner Udny,' d. s. p. in 1789, and was succeeded by his nephew, William Fraser Udny of Udny and Inverallochy."

from The Thanage of Fermartyn ²

Alexander married Margaret DUFF, daughter of William DUFF of Braco and Helen TAYLOR, on 25 December 1768.¹ (Margaret DUFF was born about 1710 and died in 1793 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Patrick Duff of Culter died in 1763, and his wife afterwards (1768) married Alexander Udny of Udny, he and she being subsequently known as Mr. and Mrs. Udny-Duff ; he died 1789, and she in 1793, without issue."

from Book of the Duffs




"Alexander Udny of Udny.

He passed as an advocate in 1728; was appointed a Commissioner of Excise for Scotland in 1742. He executed an entail of the various estates in 1784, which was recorded in the register of entails, 13 November, 1789. He married, 25 December, 1768, Margaret, only child of William Duff of Braco, widow of Patrick Duff of Culter and Premnay. This lady possessed the estate of Eden, and was known as Mrs. Udny Duff. She claimed the great estates of her father, William Duff of Braco, on the plea that the enfail was invalid, but the suit was compromised in 1724, she receiving £10,000 in addition to £3000 given by her father, WiUiam Duff. Mrs. Udny Duff left a bursary to the University of Aberdeen, and the bulk of her remaining means to her cousin, James, Earl of Fife."

from The Thanage of Fermartyn ^{1 2}