James (4th Earl 1st Duke of Perth) Drummond^[1]

- 1716

• Name	James (4th Earl 1st Duke of Perth) Drummond
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 May 1716	St Germains, Paris, France
  Person ID	I120011	First tree
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	James (3rd Earl of Perth) Drummond   d. 2 Jun 1675
  Mother	Anne (of Huntly) Gordon   d. 9 Jan 1656
  Marriage	1639
  Family ID	F8568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lady Jane (of Douglas) Douglas   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	18 Jan 1670
  Children	1. James (2nd Duke of Perth) Drummond,   b. Abt Feb 1673   d. 17 Apr 1720, Paris (Age 47 years)   2. Mary (of Perth) Drummond,   b. 14 Jul 1675   d. 7 Mar 1729 (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F10598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Lillias Drummond   d. 1685
  Marriage	Abt 10 May 1676
  Children	1. John (Earl of Melfort, 5th Duke of Perth) Drummond,   b. 1679   d. 25 Jan 1714, Paris, France. Dsp (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F10599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family 3	Margaret\Mary (of Huntly) Gordon   d. 13 Mar 1726
  Marriage	Abt 1685
  Children	1. Edward (6th Duke of Perth) Drummond   d. 1760   2. William Drummond   d. Young   3. Teresa Drummond   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F10600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  From John Griffiths Contact for info if you want it jig.pcug.org.au An Outline History of the Drummonds: In 1693 James II, after his deposition, created. him Marques of Drummondand Duke of Perth (titles acknowledged and confirmed in 1701- by Louis XIV.of France), and conferred upon him various high offices; James died in 1716; superseded by his son (8) James who was styled '2nd Duke of Perth" andwho having been attainted in 1716, could not succeed the Earldom of Perth; superseded by his eldest son [9] James, "3rd Duke", wounded at Culloden: (attainted 1746); superseded by his brother [10) John , "4th Duke".. attainted 1746, died without issue 1747; superseded by his uncle [11] John. "5th Duke". died 1757; superseded by his brother [12], Edward "6th Duke" died 1760 supposedly without issue, however: "...James Drummond, the lineal descendent of John, Earl of Melfort, laidclaim and obtained a decreet of the court of Session, 8th March 1785,finding him to be the person who would have been entitled to succeed byinvestitures of the estate of Perth had it not been forfeited; andthereupon he obtained from the crown a grant of the estate of Perth. Thereason......was the appearance of a person in London who assumed the nameof John Drummond, and asserted that he was the son of Edward, stiled theDuke of Perth, and Elizabeth Middleton; but he could not substantiate hisdescent," (From "Biographical Sketches of the Lives of the Attainted Noblemen ofScotland") From John Griffiths Contact for info if you want it jig.pcug.org.au

  
  

• Sources

  [S2822] Hamish Maclaren.