Duff, James Grant, Indian soldier and statesman, born at Banff; conspicuous as a soldier for his services in subduing the Mahratta chiefs, and as a statesman for establishing friendly relations between the Mahrattas and the East India Company (1789‒1858).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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