Edward (6th Duke of Perth) Drummond^[1]

- 1760

• Name	Edward (6th Duke of Perth) Drummond
  Gender	Male
  Death	1760
  Person ID	I120675	First tree
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	James (4th Earl 1st Duke of Perth) Drummond   d. 11 May 1716, St Germains, Paris, France
  Mother	Margaret\Mary (of Huntly) Gordon   d. 13 Mar 1726
  Marriage	Abt 1685
  Family ID	F10600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Middleton   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	25 Nov 1709
  	1 _MSTAT Friends
  Family ID	F10533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  I have received strong epresentation that "the connection between David Brown and the Drummonds be removed as it is not possible for them to be David's parents due to age. Both Edward and Anne would have been 60 years old when David was born in 1750. This is clearly not possible so they cannot be his parents. This error has unfortunately been perpetuated across a number of genealogical sites. I also suggest that unless there is some documentation of the association of the the name John Drummond with David Brown that (John Drummond) be removed from references to him." David (John Drummond) Brown has been removed as a son of the 6th Duke of Perth on the basis of the above statement. 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 Drummond and 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and confirmed in 1701- by Louis XIV.of France), and conferred upon him various high offices; James died in 1716; superseded by his son (8) James who was styled '2nd Duke of Perth" andwho having been attainted in 1716, could not succeed the Earldom of Perth; superseded by his eldest son [9] James, "3rd Duke", wounded at Culloden: (attainted 1746); superseded by his brother [10) John , "4th Duke".. attainted 1746, died without issue 1747; superseded by his uncle [11] John.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 died 1757; superseded by his brother [12], Edward "6th Duke" died 1760 supposedly without issue, however: "...James Drummond, the lineal descendent of John, Earl of Melfort,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

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