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| Name |
Edward (6th Duke of Perth) Drummond |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1760 |
| Person ID |
I120675 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
1 Apr 2023 |
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| 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superseded by his son (8) James who was styled '2nd Duke of Perth" andwho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superseded by his eldest son [9] James, "3rd Duke", wounded at Culloden: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superseded by his brother [10) John , "4th Duke"..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superseded by his uncle [11] John.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superseded by his brother [12], Edward "6th Duke" died 1760 supposedly without issue, however: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
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