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ipil Gc 929.2 D8438S 1164698 GENEALOGY COLLEICTJON 3 1833 00858 6262 GENEALOGY HOUSE OF DRUMMOND This Fac-simile Reprint of Dr. David Laing's Edition of 183 1, ivhich ' has HOW I'ecome rare, is on ATaitland Club ' paper, and ike impression has been limited to One Hundred Copies. No. N>'4> I (j-Utrii^JL.^yy^^2 Qj 1^ ^ ^/^^ "^VJ O 2^ /^ OJ=- ITA- WrU-ORNDSM THE GENEALOGY OF THE ^oBt SSoUt anO ;anctent l^ouse of DRUMMOND By The Honourable WILLIAM DRUMMOND AFTERWARDS FIRST VISCOUNT OF STRATHALLAN 1681 X GLASGOW PRIVATELY PRINTED MDCCCLXXXIX Printed by T. &- A. CONSTABLE, Pri?!ters to Her Majesty, at the Edinburgh University Press. THE GENEALOGY OF THE MOST NOBLE AND ANCIENT HOUSE OF DRUMMOND. THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM DRUMMOND, AFTERWARDS FIRST VISCOUNT OF STRATHALLAN, M.DC.LXXXL EDINBURGH : M.DCCC.XXXI. PRINTED BY A. BALFOUR AND CO. ilG489S ^i\~Sl^^il -^-^ present Genealogical History, which is now printed for the first time, was com- piled in the year 1681, and has always been esteemed a work of authority. The Author enjoyed the best advantages for the prosecu- tion of his labours, not only in obtaining the use of the several accounts drawn up by previous writers, but in having free access to original papers, and to every other source of information regarding the collateral branches of a Family to which he himself was nearly related, and finally became so distinguished an ornament. The Honourable William Drummond, youngest son of John Second Lord IMaderty, was raised to the dignity of the Peerage, on the 6th of September 1686, by the title of Viscount of Strath- ALLAN. At the time of his decease, which happened in January 1688, he held the appointment of General of the Forces in Scotland. —He Avas interred at Innerpeffry on the 4th of April, when Principal Monro of Edinburgh preached his Funeral Sermon, mentioning several curious and interesting particulars of his hfe, which mil be found in the Appendix. In the Appendix also, along with occasional Notes and Illustra- tions of the Pedigree is inserted an account of the Family written by William Drummond of Hawthornden, the celebrated poet, which was thought worthy of preservation as a hterary relique, although the information it contains is completely embodied in the fuller and more detailed work of Lord StrathaUan. The impression of this volume, which is intended for private circulation, is limited to One hundred copies, and four upon large paper. EDINBUKGH, DECEMBER M.DCCC.XXXI. r'^^^^^ttJi^ Ti^inA.^ \,3 THE GENEALOGIE OF THE MOST NOBLE AND ANCIENT HOUSE OF DRUMMOND. CONTAINEING A TRUE ACCOMPT OF THE ORIGINAL EXTRACTIONE, THE OFSPRING, AND ALLAYES OF THAT FAIMILY, DEDUCED FROM THE FIRST OF THAT NAME ANE HUNGARIAN GENTLEMAN, AND CONTINOWED TO THE PRESENT AGE. BY A FREIND TO VERTUE AND THE FAMILY. The memory of the Just is bliffed : bot the name of the Wicked shall rot. Prov. 10. 7. Stemmata quid faciunt ? quid prodest, Pontice, longo Sanguine cenferi Juven. Satius est me meis rebus gestis florere, quam majorum opinioue niti, et ita vivere ut fim posteris nobilitatis et virtutis exemplum. Cicero. COLLECTED IN THE YEAR 1681. Nobility is that which cannot be bought, for it confists in a high defcent and undegcnerat race of Ancient Worthies, more adorned with eminent vertues than riches or outward pomp. H.-ITHORNDEN IN EPIST. AD CoM. PkBTH. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES EARLE OF PERTH, LORD DRUMMOND AND STOBHAL, HERETABLE THANE, SENESCAL, OR STUART OF STRATHERN AND BALWHIDDER, CORONER OF THE SAME, BAYLY OF THE ABTHANY OF DULL, LORD JUSTICE GENERAL OF SCOTLAND, AND ONE OF THE LORDS OF HIS MAJESTIES MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCELL, &c. My Lord, Take heire a view of youre noble and renowned Anceftors, of whofe blood yow are defcended in a right and uninterrupted male lyne ; as alfo of fo many of the confanguinities and ancient affinities of youre Family in the infancy thereof, as the penurie of our oldeft records and the credit of our beft traditions hes happily preferved from the grave of oblivion : bot which are in the fucceeding and modern times, with all the ftems ilhewed from that fruitfull root, more clearely and more certainely layd before yow. It hes been the regraite of many weill affected to youre Name and Family, that ane orderly collection of the pedegree of a trybe fo confiderable and of fo long Handing fhould find no hand, in fo many ages, to fet about and accomplifli the fame ; for albeit diverfe learned and judicious per- fones have offered at fome parts of it, who, through defect of Authen- tick documents, made bot fmall progres, and wanted not theire own miflakes, yet not one hitherto hes adventured to draw the entire fcheme, and finifh the work defyred. Sir Robert Drummond of Midhoop left fome Memorialls upon this fubject ; and fo did Sir Patrick Drummond, Confervator for the 4 THE DEDICATION Scots nation at Camphyre in Zeland ; Mr. Ninian Drummond, parfon at Kinnoull, a man well verfed in the antiquities of youre Houfe, gave fome informations to advance the defigne ; and the famous Mr. William Drummond of Hathornden framed a breefe relation of the pedegree of the Family, and erected a goodly tree of the ftock, branches and neareft allayes thereof Bot ]Mr. John Freebairn, minifter at Maddertie, beftowed moft labour, was fuplyed with the beft helps, and came neareft to the point, if he had treated upon that head only : Semper ego auditor tantum. ]My Lord, from the well-founded relations of all thefe fyve men, bot more from the remnants of youre own authentick evidences, the particular wrytts and charters of fome Cadets of youre Houfe, with other hiftorical remarks, traditions, and manufcripts, the follo^ving narration is gleaned and fet together. In deduceing whereof, if any errors bees found, (and upon fo ancient a fubject who dare affirme pofitively upon every particular), I fliall humbly fubmit to better inquyries, and either produce authority to exoner me, or bear the blame ; neverthelefs, if any perfon will difcover the miftakes that have efcaped my informers, it fliall be very acceptable and thankfully receaved by me ; for praife I deferve none, except it be for fome fmall paines in fearching of old records, and delivering the collections of fome, and traditions of others, in a worfe method and more vulgar ftyle then themfelves could have done, which me thinks merits bot very litle. The work is defigned only for youre Lordfliips fatisfaction, and fuch as yow think fit to communicat it too, bot not for publick view. And I am fo well fupported againft all criticifms in this under- takeing, by the hopes of youre acceptance, which I am accuftomed fo chearfully to meet with in every thing wherein I propofe to ferve yow, that I ftand in fear of no cenfure or detraction elfwhere. My Lord, this Genealogie I now prefent to yow will clear the uncontroverted antiquity and excellent renowne of youre Family in — TO JAMES EARL OF PERTH. 5 the general ; bot it fhal ferve that I give you heire only a couple of compendious inftances to demonftrat the fame in particular. Firft, our Soveraigne Lord and Monarch King Charles the Second is the twentieth perfon in a right line froin Walter, the Firft great Stuart of Scotland, fprung from the ancient ftock of our 108 Scots Kings ; and yow are in direct order of fucceffion alfo the twentieth head of youre family, from Maurice Drummond the firft Thane of Lennox, defcended from the ancient nobility of the Kingdome of Hungary, who was contemporary with that Walter, the fii'ft great Stuart of Scotland ; and both with King Malcolm the Third, called Keandmore, in whofe time the degrees of nobility and diftinctions of fyrnames tooke begining in this land. 2. His Sacred Majefty is lineally defcended from one daughter of youre Houfe in the ninth, and from ane other daughter in the fixth degree ; and I think few families in the nation can boaft of the lyke honour, faveing the famous houfes of Doviglas and Lennox, who make bot up two of the fteps of thefe fex degrees, and confequently both come of youres, as will appear in the body of this collection. The fplendor of youre Family needs no commendation more then the fune does a candle, and even a litle of the truth from me may be obnoxious to the (lander of flattery or partiality, by reafon of my intereft in it ; therefore I'le fay the lefs ; only this is generally known for a truth, that juftice, loyaltie, and prudence, which have been bot incident vertues and qualities in others, are all three as inherent orna- ments, and hereditary in youres. For juftice, as a poor ftranger, often thruft out of doors from great houfes, where grander and utility are commonly the idolls thats wor- (hipped quid non mortalia pectora cogis—hes alwayes found fanctuary in youres, which hes been ever ane incouragement to the good, a terror to the bad, and free from the opprefTion of either. The unre- warded fervices done to, and the unrecompenled fufferings fuftained for the Crowne by youre Family, are fufficient teftimonys for the 6 THE DEDICATION. loyaltie thereof; albeit no body fliould doe yow the right to mind either. Nor will I fet down the particular inftances of both, which for theire number would requyre more roome then can well be heire allowed. The fubfequent difcourfe will make it appear there was never a blot upon any of your Anceftors for difloyalty, hot that in all commotions they conftantly adhered to their duty, and ever fol- lowed the fortune of the Royal Family.