| Authorised form of name | Duff; Sir; Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant (1829 - 1906) |
| Other forms of name | Mountstuart Elphinstone |
| Other forms of surname | Grant Duff |
| Dates | 1829 - 1906 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Eden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 21 February 1829 |
| Place of death | His house on Chelsea Embankment, London |
| Date of death | 11 or 12 January 1906 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Elgin Cathedral, Morayshire |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Edinburgh; Balliol College, Oxford. BA (1850), MA (1853)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1854); MP for Elgin (1857-1881); Lord Rector of Aberdeen University (1866-1872); Under Secretary of State for India (1868-1874); Privy Councillor (1880); Governor of Madras (1881-1886); returned to England (1887);
Honours:
CIE 1881; GCSI 1887
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/02/1881 |
| Relationships | Elder son of James Grant Duff and his wife Jane Catherine, daughter of Sir Whitelaw Ainslie, surgeon in the HEIC; married (13 April 1859) Anna Julia, daughter of Edward Webster of North Lodge, Ealing |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
TR gives date of death as 11 January 1906. At Head of certificate: Certificate of a Candidate of the privileged class for Election |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/44382623 |
| Code | NA6623 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/373/1/39 | Letter from Montstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, 11 Chelsea Embankment, to [Thomas Edward] Thorpe | 3 June 1900 |
| NLB/4/1101 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Right Honourable, Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, Fellow of the Royal Society | 17 January 1891 |
| NLB/12/325 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to C Hobson, York House, Twickenham, Middlesex | 29 January 1895 |
| NLB/15/148 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison and Sons | 6 July 1897 |
| NLB/16/260 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, Sir M E Grant Duff, Fellow of the Royal Society, 11 Chelsea Embankment, S.W. | 3 March 1898 |
| NLB/32/142 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons] | 15 January 1906 |
| EC/1881/02 | Duff, Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant : certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/12/147 | Letter from M E [Mountstuart Elphinstone] Grant Duff, Colonial Office, to the Royal Society | 7 February 1801 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| MC/15/244 | 'Orthography of Geographical Names' by [Mountstuart Elphinstone] Grant Duff | 11 December 1891 |
| MC/15 | Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1889-1892 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |