Percy Duff

Percy Skipworth Duff MBE (1922 – 2011)[1] was the treasurer of Kendal[2] Borough Council from 1967, until April 1974 when he became deputy treasurer of the new South Lakeland District Council,[3] holding the position until his retirement in 1982. He was the last surviving Honorary Citizen of Kendal[4][5], an accolade he was said to value more than his MBE.

As his son Michael Duff said at his funeral "Percy Duff was a lucky man. He was lucky to survive scarlet fever as a child; he was lucky to survive in the Western Desert in 1943 when the man standing next to him was killed by a mortar and he wasn’t; he was lucky to be happily married; he was lucky to suffer from no illness in a long life and he was lucky to live in Kendal for all that time - a place that he loved."[5]

Percy Duff was involved in many clubs and societies some of which were:

He was appointed MBE in the 1986 New Year Honours for his voluntary work with The Mayor Of Kendal's Fund For The Aged And Infirm[11] where his careful management over 31 years enabled the charity to improve and increase the number of affordable retirement properties[10].

References
  1. "percy duff". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  2. "Kendal Town Council - Home - Old Market Town, Lake District - Kendal, Cumbria". Kendal Town Council. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. "South Lakeland District Council home page". Southlakeland.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. "Town Honours Remarkable Citizen". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  5. "Memorial service for Kendal's last surviving Honorary Citizen, Percy Duff". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  6. "Welcome to the updated WESTMORLAND MOTOR CLUB WEBSITE". Westmorlandmotorclub.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  7. "50th Percy Duff Barbon Hill Climb". www.cwherald.com. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  8. "The Wainwright Society :: for lovers of the fells and the Lake District". Wainwright.org.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2019-05-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Death of Percy Duff: former town treasurer and Kendal's last surviving Honorary Citizen". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  11. "Charity Details". beta.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
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