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Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff GCSI CIE PC FRS (21 February 1829 – 12 January 1906), known as M. E. Grant Duff before 1887 and as Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff thereafter, was a Scottish politician, administrator and author. He served as the Under-Secretary of State for India from 1868 to 1874, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1880 to 1881 and the Governor of Madras from 1881 to 1886. He travelled extensively and wrote voluminously. His performance in politics and administration has received mixed reviews during the 1880s

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  • Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff GCSI CIE PC FRS (21 February 1829 – 12 January 1906), known as M. E. Grant Duff before 1887 and as Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff thereafter, was a Scottish politician, administrator and author. He served as the Under-Secretary of State for India from 1868 to 1874, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1880 to 1881 and the Governor of Madras from 1881 to 1886. He was born in Eden, Aberdeenshire, on 21 February 1829 to the distinguished British historian James Grant Duff. He had his education at and Balliol College, Oxford, and graduated in law from the Inns of Court. He practised and taught law for a short time before starting a political life and entering the House of Commons as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs. His abilities won him government positions and he was Under-Secretary of State for India, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and Governor of Madras. On his return from Madras, he retired from politics and served in various art and scientific societies. He travelled extensively and wrote voluminously. His performance in politics and administration has received mixed reviews during the 1880s a politician of brilliant promise and scant performance, of wide information which he seemed to turn to much account, of abilities which would have made the fortunes of half a dozen men and of which he made little enough. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire and a Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India. He died on 12 January 1906 at the age of 76. (en)
  • Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff dit M. E. Grant Duff, né le 21 février 1829 à Eden et mort le 12 janvier 1906 à Chelsea, est un homme politique, administrateur et auteur écossais. (fr)
  • Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff (21 de fevereiro de 1829 - 12 de janeiro de 1906), conhecido como M. E. Grant Duff antes de 1887 e como Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff posteriormente, foi um político, administrador e autor escocês. Duff ocupou o cargo de Sub-Secretário de Estado para a Índia entre 1868 e 1874, e Sub-Secretário de Estado para as Colônias entre 1880 e 1881; além de ser o governador de Madras de 1881 a 1886. (pt)
  • Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, född den 21 februari 1829, död den 12 januari 1906, var en brittisk politiker och författare, son till James Grant Duff. Duff blev 1854 praktiserande advokat och representerade 1857–1881 i underhuset den skotska valkretsen . Han tillhörde det liberala partiet och var december 1868–februari 1874 understatssekreterare för Indien i Gladstones första samt april 1880–juli 1881 understatssekreterare för kolonierna i dennes andra ministär. Duff var sedan guvernör över presidentskapet Madras 1881–1886 och ägnade sig efter hemkomsten från Indien uteslutande åt litterära sysselsättningar. Särskilt var Duff samlare av politiska anekdoter och meddelar en mängd sådana i sina vidlyftiga memoarer, Notes from a diary (1897–1905). Han utgav därjämte bland annat Studies in European Politics (1866), Notes of an Indian Journey (1876)), Ernest Renan (1893) och Out of the past (1903). (sv)
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  • Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff dit M. E. Grant Duff, né le 21 février 1829 à Eden et mort le 12 janvier 1906 à Chelsea, est un homme politique, administrateur et auteur écossais. (fr)
  • Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff (21 de fevereiro de 1829 - 12 de janeiro de 1906), conhecido como M. E. Grant Duff antes de 1887 e como Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff posteriormente, foi um político, administrador e autor escocês. Duff ocupou o cargo de Sub-Secretário de Estado para a Índia entre 1868 e 1874, e Sub-Secretário de Estado para as Colônias entre 1880 e 1881; além de ser o governador de Madras de 1881 a 1886. (pt)
  • Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff GCSI CIE PC FRS (21 February 1829 – 12 January 1906), known as M. E. Grant Duff before 1887 and as Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff thereafter, was a Scottish politician, administrator and author. He served as the Under-Secretary of State for India from 1868 to 1874, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1880 to 1881 and the Governor of Madras from 1881 to 1886. He travelled extensively and wrote voluminously. His performance in politics and administration has received mixed reviews during the 1880s (en)
  • Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, född den 21 februari 1829, död den 12 januari 1906, var en brittisk politiker och författare, son till James Grant Duff. Duff blev 1854 praktiserande advokat och representerade 1857–1881 i underhuset den skotska valkretsen . Han tillhörde det liberala partiet och var december 1868–februari 1874 understatssekreterare för Indien i Gladstones första samt april 1880–juli 1881 understatssekreterare för kolonierna i dennes andra ministär. (sv)
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