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-.: :.::.:: L //// iNauonai LiDrary ot aconana i ii ii ilium *B000089802* Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalmemo1808malc GENEALOGICAL MEMOIR OF THE MOST NOBLE AND ANCIENT HOUSE OF DRUMMOND Advertisement; It is requested that the corrections of any errors, in this Memoir, and any additional information relative to the House of Drunnnonct may be transmitted to the Author, who may hereafter publish a se- cond edition with plates, if sufficient encouragement shall be given. Communications to this purpose may be addressed, post paid, to the publisher, Mr. Graham Maxwell, post-office, Crieff. ; ; Jr. lib .4. A GENEALOGICAL MEMOIR OF THE MOST NOBLE AND ANCIENT HOUSE OF DRUMMOND, AND OF THE SEVERAL BRANCHES THAT HAVE SPRUNG FROM IT, FROM ITS FIRST FOUNDER MAURICE, TO THE PRESENT FAMILY OF PERTH. By David Malcolm, a. m. One of the Chaplains in ordinary, in Scotland, to his Royal High- ness the Prince of Wales. Hlc mantis, ob patriam pugnando vulnera pass!, Quique sacerdotes casti, dum vita manebat Quique pii vates, et Phcebo digna locuti Inventas aut qui vi(am excoluere per artes Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo. virg. JEH. 6. EDINBURGH : PRINTED FOR MR. GRAHAM MAXWELL, AND ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE £f CO. EDINBURGH, BY MUNDELL, DOIG, & STEVENSON. 1808. Price One Guinea to Suhscrifiers, Entered in Stationers' Hall, LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS, Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford. His Grace the Duke of Bedford. The Right Honourable Lady Borthwick. Francis Garden Campbell of Troop and Glenlyon, Esq. 2 copies. The Honourable Lady Elizabeth Drummond, London. Mrs. Drummond of Keltie, 2 copies. Mrs. Drummond of Comrie. The Honourable Miss Drummond of Strathallan.. Miss Drummond of Gairdrum. Miss Drummond of Keltie. Andrew Berkeley Drummond, Esq. banker. Charin^ Cross, London, 2 copies. The Honourable Lieut.-Gen. Andrew John Drummond of Strathallan. Charles Drummond, Esq. of Drummawhance. The Rev. Dr. George Drummond of Drumcryne, Rose* neath, 2 copies. George Drummond Home, Esq. of Blair-Drummond. George Drummond Home, Esq. younger of do. George Harley Drummond, Esq. Henry Drummond, Esq. Cumberland Place, London. Major-General James Drummond,, Col. 7th Garrison Battalion, 2 copies. James Drummond, Esq. Strathallan. James Drummond, Esq. of Strageath. James Drummond, Esq. feuar.in Crieff. James Drummond, Esq. of Milnab and Callendar. vi subscribers' names. Lieut. Mark Howard Drummond, 27th reg. foot. Captain P. Drummond of the royal artillery. Robert Drummond, Esq. of Keltie, 4 copies. Major William Drummond, 60'h reg. of foot, 2 copies. Capt. G. Farquharson, Great Pulteney street, London. The Right Hon. Lord Glenbervie. His Grace the Duke of Gordon. Robert Graham, Esq. of Fintry, commissioner of excise. The Honourable Mrs. Haldane of Gleneagles. The Right Hon. the Countess of Loudoun and Moira. His Grace the Duke of Melfort- Perth, 3 copies. The Right Hon. Lady Viscountess Melville. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Melville. The Right Hon. the Earl of Moira. Anthony Murray, Esq. of CrierT. His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. Miss Ramsay. Her Grace the Duchess of Richmond and Lennox. His Grace the Duke of Richmond and Lennox. Miss Richardson. The Rev. Dr. James Robertson, Callendar. Brigadier-General William Robertson of Lude, 2 copies. Charles Stewart, Esq. of Dalguise. Charles Moray Stirling of Abercairney, Esq. To His Royal Highness, George-A ugustus-Frederick, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay-—Earl of Chester and Carrick, Baron «f Renfrew—Lord of the Isles—Prince and Great Steward of Scotland. Sir, To none, can the history of the house of Drummond be more properly inscribed, than to your Royal Highness, who derive from it your immediate de- scent, and who possess, in an eminent degree, those vir- tues and elegant accomplishments, for which its de- scendants have been so long famed. From this family, the Royal Houses of Stewart and of Hanover are lineal- ly sprung. Mary, Queen of Scotland, was the sixth in succession from Queen Annabella Drummond. Her husband, Henry Lord Darnley, was the great-grandson of Elizabeth Drummond. And Elizabeth, the Princess Royal of Great Britain, the daughter of their only son King James, who succeeded to the crowns of England and Scotland, was grandmother to George I, the illus- trious head of the House of Hanover, from whom the family of your Royal Highness is directly descended. Permit me, therefore, to request your acceptance of a work, which records the genealogy of an ancient fa- mily celebrated am ng the progenitors of your Royal House, and of most of the houses of the Sovereigns of Europe. In the family of your Royal Highness, may the line of succession long continue to descend : and may the virtues which ennobled its successive founders, still distinguish your posterity to the latest age. Permit me also, by this dedication, to testify my gra- Vlh DEDICATION. titude for favours received. Recommended to the Earl of Moira by the Lady who now represents the House of Drummond, you were graciously pleased, at that No- bleman's request, to nominate me one of your chaplains in ordinary. To this dignity I eagerly aspired ; and though unworthy of the high distinction, it shall be my earnest endeavour faithfully to discharge the duties of so honourable an appointment. It would be unbecoming to expatiate here on the vir- tues of your Royal Highness. The fame of your prince- ly accomplishments is universally spread. You are the hope of Britain : and to you the nations look as the fa. ture deliverer of Europe. When our most gracious and beloved Sovereign shall have terminated his unparallel- ed reign of glory—an event which you and Britons pray may long be distant—you are destined to ascend the throne, exalt the grandeur of the British empire, and establish peace, order, and felicity throughout the world. "When that day shall come, may you then tread in the Sire steps of your venerable ; —may the same firmness, justice, and humanity ; —the same zeal for religion, af- fection for your people, and desire for the glory of your country, animate your heart and direct your counsels. Still may you stand forth the patron of genius, the friend of liberty, the protector of virtue and of piety : and reigning gloriously in peace, may you see your pos- terity immovably established, and late exchange an earth- ly diadem for an unfading and immortal crown. I have the honour to be, with profound respect, Sir, Your Royal Highness's most humble and most devoted servant, David Malcolm. Edinburgh, 1st July 1S0S. ; PREFACE. Among the ancient families of Scotland, the house of Drummond has long held a most distinguished rank. Descended from the kings of Hungary, and repeatedly sprung from the royal house of Stewart, it has flourish- ed since the reign of Malcolm Canmore, and, for seven centuries and a half, maintained a very high respectabi- lity. Previous to the union, its descendants have been dignified by the titles of Thane of Lennox, Lord Drum- Perth — mond^ and Earl of ; Lord Inchaffray, and Lord Madderty —Lord Drummond oj Cromlix, and Viscount ; of Strathallan;—Lord Drummond of Riccarton, Castle- main, and Gils ton, Viscount Forth, Earl of Melfort, and afterwards Duke;—Earl of Marr;— Earl and Duke of Roxburgh —and Lord Ballenden. And sin6e the union, by the titles of Earl Kerr of Wakefield;—and Lord Perth, Baron Drummond of Stobhall. They have served with distinguished reputation in the army, in the navy, in the church, in the courts of law, and in the councils of the state. They have represented the kingdoms of Scotland and of England as ambassa- dors to foreign courts : and have discharged with the highest honour, the duties of the offices of senescal, se- nator of the college of justice, lord justiciary, lord justi- ciary general, secretary of state, and lord high chancel- TEEI-ACE. lor. In poetry, history, and general literature, they have been eminently conspicuous, and have been all along, as distinguished for their virtue and personal merit, as for their high rank and largely extended possessions. While the sons of this illustrious house have been uniformly brave, just, and prudent, the daughters ' have been uni- versally celebrated for their beauty, their elegant accom- plishments, and the lovelier graces of the heart. By their alliance with the royal house of Stewart, they gave sovereigns to Scotland for two hundred years ; and to England and Scotland for one hundred and twelve. Over Great Britain, their descendants still reign in the house of Hanover : —and from their race, most of the sove- reigns of Europe, at the end of the last century, de- duced (heir immediate descent. By their intermarriages at home, they were connected with most of the ancient Scottish nobles, and, except in a few instances, there is not a family of the present peerage of Scotland, but de- rives its orijn from this noble and illustrious house. At its very first establishment, the house of Drum- mond was ranked among the nobles of Scotland. Maurice, its founder, was an Hungarian prince. He came to the Scottish court in the train of the royal fa- mily of England : and by King Malcolm. Canmore was dignified with the title of Thane of Lennox—a title, at that time appropriated to the Scottish nobles, and which then formed the second highest degree of nobility. Be- ' Hujus Erni ripam exornat Drimein castrum familire baronuui He Dromond, qui honores consequutl sunt amplissimos, ex quo Rex Robertus Stewart Terrius uxorera ex his Sfbi assumsil. Fa;- minaj enim, ex liac stirpe, excellent! oris et vultns dignitate pa.l- mam ceteris pracripuerunt, adeo ut regibus fuerint in deliciis- Camhdcn's Britannia. PREFACE. fore the reign of Malcolm, the althane of the kingdom, the thanes of the different divisions and districts, and the hnighls, were the only titles of honour in Scotland.