Background
DUFF, Arthur Cuninghame Grant- was born on May 23, 1861. Son of late Right Honourable Sir M. E. Grant-Duff, Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India.
DUFF, Arthur Cuninghame Grant- was born on May 23, 1861. Son of late Right Honourable Sir M. E. Grant-Duff, Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India.
Studied at Balliol College, Oxford. Nominated Attache, 1885. 3rd Secretary, 1887; 2nd Secretary, 1892.
Employed at Madrid, 1885. Vienna, 1888; Stockholm, 1891. Pekin, 1892; Caracas, 1900.
Berne, 1901; sent to Caracas on special service, 1902. Secretary to His (or Her) Majesty’s Legation, Mexico, 1902. Sent to Stockholm, 1905, to be His (or Her) Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires during absence of His (or Her) Majesty’s Minister.
Has been also His (or Her) Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires at Caracas, Berne, and Mexico. Secretary to His (or Her) Majesty’s Legation, Brussels, 1905. Charge d’Affaires, Darmstadt, 1906.
Councillor of Embassy in His (or Her) Majesty Diplomatic Service. Minister Resident and Consul-General at Havana, 1906-1909. His (or Her) Majesty Minister Resident at Dresden and Coburg, and Charge d’Affaires at Waldeck-Pyrmont, since 1909.
Clubs: Athenaeum, St. James’s, Travellers’.
Spouse 1906, Kathleen, y.daughter of General Powell Clayton, formerly U.S. Ambassador in Mexico.