Family
He died on 23 September 1858, leaving a daughter and two sons, of whom the elder, Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, M.P. for the Elgin Burghs, under-secretary for India 1868–74, and Under-Secretary for the Colonies 1880–1, and Governor of Madras Presidency 1881–6.
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