James Drummond, 1st Lord Maderty (1540?–1623) was a Scottish peer.
Life
Drummond was the second son of
David Drummond, 2nd Lord Drummond, by his wife, Lilias, eldest daughter of William, second
Lord Ruthven. He was educated with
James VI
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, who throughout his life treated him with favour. On his coming of age his father gave him the lands and titles of the
Abbey of Inchaffray in
Strathearn
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, in virtue of which possession he was known as
"commendator" of Inchaffray. He also had charters of the
baronies of Auchterarder,
Kincardine, and
Drymen
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in Perthshire and Stirling, 3 September 1582, and 20 October of the lands of Kirkhill.
In 1580 Drummond was appointed a gentleman of the bedchamber by James VI. He was with the king at Perth 5 August 1600, during the so-called
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, and afterwards gave depositions about it. In 1609 (31 January) the king converted the
abbey of Inchaffray into a temporal lordship, and made Drummond a peer, with the title of Lord Maderty, the name being that of the parish in which Inchaffray was situated. He had further charters of
Easter Craigton in Perthshire, 23 May 1611; of the barony of Auchterarder (to him and his second son), 27 July 1615; and of the barony of
Innerpeffray
Innerpeffray is a hamlet in Perthshire, Scotland, southeast of Crieff. It is located on a raised promontory among beech woodland above the River Earn. A fording point across the river can still be used, on what is the line of a Roman Road.
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, 24 March 1618.
Drummond died in September 1623. He is Buried in Innerpeffray Chapel attaching the rear of
Innerpeffray Library.
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Family
He married Jean, daughter of James Chisholm of
Cromlix, Perthshire, who through her mother was heiress of Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray, which property she brought into her husband's family, and by her he had two sons (John, second lord Maderty, and James of Machany) and four daughters, Lilias, Jean, Margaret, and Catherine.
References
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1540s births
1623 deaths
Nobility from Perth and Kinross
16th-century Scottish peers
17th-century Scottish peers
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Peers of Scotland created by James VI
Younger sons of barons