DUFF-GORDON, Maurice 4th Baronet, Sir ¹

  General Notes:

"Sir Maurice Duff Gordon, fourth baronet, only son of Sir Alexander Cornewall Duff Gordon, was born in I849. He was educated at Eton, and
became a member of the London Stock Exchange. He was the owner of Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire, famous as possessing a secret chamber, but was compelled by iinancial embarrassments to sell this estate to the present Lord Leith. Sir Maurice had inherited this beautiful and historic old castle from his cousin Colonel Gordon, and there is a curious tradition in connection with Fyvie that it never descends direct from father to son. This has been exemplified in several instances."

from Book of the Duffs

Note: Fyvie has since been sold to the National Trust for Scotland ¹