| Earl Fife | |
|---|---|
  1st and 4th: Or, a lion, rampant, gules (Macduff) 2nd and 3rd: vert, a fesse dancettee, ermine between a hart's head, cabossed, in chief, and two escallops in base or (Duff)[1] | |
| Creation date | 26 April 1759 |
| Created by | King George II |
| Peerage | Peerage of Ireland |
| First holder | William Duff, 1st Baron Braco |
| Last holder | Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife |
| Remainder to | 1st Earl's heirs male of the body |
| Subsidiary titles | Viscount Macduff Baron Braco Baron Skene[2] |
| Extinction date | 29 January 1912 |
| Former seat(s) | Duff House Balvenie Castle Innes House Mar Lodge Skene House Delgatie Castle[3] |
| Motto | Deo juvante (Latin for 'With God's help') |
Earl Fife was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created by letters patent dated 26 April 1759 for William Duff, 1st Baron Braco, after asserting (but not proving) his descent from Macduff, the medieval Earl of Fife. Though in the Irish peerage, the title's name refers to Fife in Scotland.
- ^ Berry, William; Glover, Robert (1828). Encyclopædia Heraldica: Or, Complete Dictionary of Heraldry. Published by the author. p. 477. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund; Innes, Anne; Innes, Eliza; Innes, Maria (1860). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing. Hurst and Blackett. p. 244. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ The Peerage, Baronetage, And Knightage, Of Great Britain And Ireland For ... Including All the Titled Classes. Whittaker And Company. 1854. p. PA243. Retrieved 21 June 2017.