Background
The son of James Duff Duff, Duff was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Winchester College; Trinity College.
Career
He was knighted in 1949.
Membership
He was professor of education at the University of Manchester from 1932 to 1937. Alternating vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor of Durham University from 1937 to 1960. Member of several commissions and enquiries, including the Asquith Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies (1943–1945) and the Elliot Commission on Higher Education in West Africa (1943–1945).
Member of the Board of Governors of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1959 to 1965.
Mayor of Durham City from 1959 to 1960. And Lord Lieutenant of Durham from 1964 to 1970.
