Later Years and Death
His portrait was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds for Greenwich Hospital. Increasingly ill with gout during his later years, he died at Queensferry on 6 June 1787, his death being attributed to an attack of gout in the stomach. He had a number of children by his marriage to Helen Duff:
- Jean (b. 1765, married 1791 James Clerk of Bonnington)
- A son (b.1766, dsp)
- Robert William (b.1767, grandfather of Robert Duff)
- A child (b. 1775, d. young)
- Adam (1775–1840)
- James Alexander Duff (1777–1800)
Another of Robert Duff's relations, his grandnephew George Duff, achieved distinction in the navy. He was part of Horatio Nelson's fleet, and was assigned to command the inshore squadron watching the enemy in Cadiz prior to the Battle of Trafalgar. He commanded the 74-gun HMS Mars during the battle, and was killed during the fighting.
Read more about this topic: Robert Duff (Royal Navy Officer)
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