Colonel James Duff (1831 – 22 December 1878)[1] was a British Army officer and Conservative Party politician from Westwick in Norfolk.
[3] He was the son of James Duff and his wife Charlotte, eldest daughter of Sir George Beeston Prescott.
[2] He served with the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers in the Crimean War, including the Siege of Sebastopol, and was taken prisoner in the Battle of Inkerman.
[2] He retired from the army in 1858 as a major, having received the Crimea Medal with two clasps,[3] and became a Justice of the Peace (JP) in Norfolk.
[3] Together, they were the parents of:[5] He died in office in December 1878, aged 47, at his London residence in Upper Brook Street.