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Drummond Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Drummond, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct. The Drummond, later Williams-Drummond Baronetcy, of Hawthornden in the City of Edinburgh, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 February 1828. For more information on this creation, see Williams-Drummond baronets. The Drummond Baronetcy, of Lasswade in the County of Midlothian, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 June 1922 for Hugh Drummond. He was the third son of the fourth Baronet of the 1828 creation. The title became extinct on his death in 1924. Drummond, later Williams-Drummond baronets, of Hawthornden (1828) *see Williams-Drummond baronets Drummond baronets, of Lasswade (1922) *Sir Hugh Henry John Drummond, 1st Baronet (1859–1924) married Gertrude Emily (Lady Drummond), daughter of the late Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle, and had issue: **Marion Edwina (b. 1902), married on 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of The United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of England, King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of Pound sterling, £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707, Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the #Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706), Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the #Baronetage of Great Britain, Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williams-Drummond Baronets
The Drummond, later Williams-Drummond Baronetcy, of Hawthornden in the County of Mid Lothian, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 27 February 1828 for John Forbes Drummond. In accordance with the special reminder, the baronetcy passed to his son-in-law Francis Walker, who had assumed the additional name of Drummond upon his marriage in 1810. The third Baronet assumed the surname of Williams in lieu of that of Walker in 1858 under the terms of the will of his father-in-law, Hamlyn-Williams baronets, Sir James Hamlyn-Williams, 3rd Baronet 'of Clovelly'. The fourth Baronet served as Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1976. Drummond, later Williams-Drummond baronets, of Hawthornden (1828) *Sir John Forbes Drummond, 1st Baronet (died 1829), Sir James William *Sir Francis Walker Drummond, 2nd Baronet WS FRSE (1781–1844) *Sir James Williams-Drummond, 3rd Baronet (1814–1866) *Sir James Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
