Duff was a member of several commissions and enquiries, including the Asquith Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies (1943–1945), the
Elliot Commission on Higher Education in West Africa (1943–1944), and the University Education Commission of India (1948–1949).[2][7]
^Strictly speaking, his official title was "Warden of the Durham Colleges"[5]
^When Sir Arthur fforde resigned as Chairman of the BBC in January 1964, Duff took over the role until the appointment of Lord Normanbrook in May of the same year.[1]