James Drummond, 2nd Duke of Perth
James Drummond, 2nd Duke of Perth, etc., (c. 1674 – 17 April 1720) was a Scottish nobleman. He held the Peerage created for his father, James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, by the exiled Stuart monarchs at St Germain.
Life
The eldest son and heir of the 1st Duke and 4th Earl by his first wife, Lady Jane, daughter of
Scots College, (Paris)
.
In 1689 he accompanied King
Knight of the Thistle
in March 1705, when he became Master of the Horse. He succeeded his father on 11 May 1716, but as a consequence of his attainder he was not recognised by the British government. He died at Paris aged 46 years, and was buried in the Scots' College.
Family
Drummond married (contract dated 5 August 1706) Lady Jean, daughter of
1745 Uprising, and died at Stobhall, Perthshire
, on 30 January 1773, aged about 90.
The 2nd Duke was succeeded by his sons and heirs:
- James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth, etc., (1713–1746) (attainted, died unmarried).
- John Drummond, 4th Duke of Perth, etc., (c. 1716 – 1747) (attainted, died unmarried).
The title thence passed (notwithstanding the attainders) to sons of the 1st Duke by his second and third wives.
References
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- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 259.
- The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, & Grants of Honour by the Marquis de Ruvigny & Raineval, London and Edinburgh, 1904, pp. 146–47.