DUKE OF FIFE'S TITLE.
SUCCESSOR- A MELBOURNE RESIDENT. j By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. ! (Received February 1, 10 a.m.) j MELBOURNE This Day. ! Mr. Jekyl Chalmers Duff, who is said j to succeed to the late Duke of Fife's title, is now a resident of Melbourne, j He was formerly a member of the Indian ! Police, and is minus an arm, which was bitten off by a tiger while big game shooting. He claims cousinship to the Duke of Fife, and is fully aware that even if he succeeds in proving his claim to the title there may be no estate or money attaching to the peerage. (Received February 1, 10.35 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 31st January. President Taft has sent a message of sympathy at the death of .the Duke of Fife.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 27, 1 February 1912, Page 7
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