The Duff, later Duff Gordon Baronetcy, of Halkin in the County of Aberdeen, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 November 1813 for James Duff, British Consul in Cadiz

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, with remainder to his maternal nephew William Gordon

Sir William Duff-Gordon, 2nd Baronet

Sir William Duff-Gordon, 2nd Baronet , known as William Gordon until 1815, was a Scottish politician.Duff-Gordon was the son of the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville, son of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen. His mother was Anne, daughter of William Duff...

. Duff died unmarried in 1815 and was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second Baronet, who assumed the additional surname of Duff on succeeding to the title. He was the second son of Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville

Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville

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, fourth son of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen

William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen

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. Duff Gordon sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Worcester

Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)

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. As a descendant of the second Earl of Aberdeen the present holder of the baronetcy is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles, titles held by his kinsman the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in the County of Aberdeen, in the County of Meath and in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 January 1916 for John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen. The Gordon family descends from John Gordon, who fought...

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Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon

Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon

Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon was a leading fashion designer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known as "Lucile", her professional name. The first British designer to achieve international renown, Lucile was a widely-acknowledged innovator in couture styles as well as in fashion...

, wife of the fifth Baronet, was a leading fashion designer, and, together with her sister Elinor Glyn, was one of the original 'It' girls.

Duff, later Duff Gordon Baronets, of Halkin (1813)

• Sir James Duff, 1st Baronet (d. 1815)
• Sir William Duff-Gordon, 2nd Baronet
  Sir William Duff-Gordon, 2nd Baronet
  Sir William Duff-Gordon, 2nd Baronet , known as William Gordon until 1815, was a Scottish politician.Duff-Gordon was the son of the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville, son of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen. His mother was Anne, daughter of William Duff...
  
   (1772-1823)
• Sir Alexander Cornewall Duff-Gordon, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Alexander Cornewall Duff-Gordon, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Alexander Cornewall Duff-Gordon, 3rd Baronet was a British civil servant and baronet.Gordon was born 3 February 1811 the eldest son of Sir William Duff-Gordon, a younger son of the House of Aberdeen and his mother, Caroline, who was a daughter of Sir George Cornewall...
  
   (1811-1872)
• Sir Maurice Duff-Gordon, 4th Baronet (1849-1896)
• Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet (1862-1931)
• Sir Henry William Duff-Gordon, 6th Baronet (1866-1953)
• Sir Douglas Frederick Duff-Gordon, 7th Baronet (1892-1964)
• Sir Andrew Cosmo Lewis Duff-Gordon, 8th Baronet (b. 1933)