James Drummond, 2nd Duke of Perth, etc., (c. 167417 April 1720) was a Scottish nobleman. He held the Peerage created for his father,

James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth James Drummond, 1st Duke of Perth KT PC (164811 May 1716), also 4th Earl of Perth and 7th Lord Drummond, was a Scottish statesman, and Jacobite. Family The eldest son of James Drummond, 3rd Earl of Perth by his spouse Lady Anne, daughter of ...

, 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

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, he was educated at the

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. In 1689 he accompanied King

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, and VII of Scotland, to

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, and led the cavalry at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. Afterwards he joined Lord Mar during the 1715 Uprising in Scotland. He escaped to France with the King on 6 February and was

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on 17 February 1716. As the Marquess of Drummond he was created a

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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

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by Lady Elizabeth, daughter of

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. Lady Jean was imprisoned in

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from February to November 1746 for her part in the 1745 Uprising, and died at Stobhall,

Perthshire Perthshire (locally: ; gd, Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, ...

, on 30 January 1773, aged about 90. The 2nd Duke was succeeded by his sons and heirs: *

James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth James Drummond, 6th Earl and 3rd titular Duke of Perth (11 May 171313 May 1746) was a Scottish landowner best known for his participation in the Jacobite rising of 1745, during which Charles Edward Stuart attempted to regain the British throne ...

, etc., (1713–1746) (attainted, died unmarried). *

John Drummond, 4th Duke of Perth John Drummond (1714–1747), titular 7th Earl and 4th Duke of Perth, often referred to by his courtesy title Lord John Drummond, was a Franco-Scottish nobleman, soldier and Jacobite. Drummond served as an officer in the French Army, but is p ...

, etc., (c. 17161747) (attainted, died unmarried). The title thence passed (notwithstanding the attainders) to sons of the 1st Duke by his second and third wives.

References

* ''The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, & Grants of Honour'' by the Marquis de Ruvigny & Raineval, London and Edinburgh, 1904, pp. 146–47. , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Perth, James Drummond, 2nd Duke of 1670s births 1720 deaths University of Paris alumni Scottish soldiers

James Drummond, 2nd Duke of Perth James Drummond, 2nd Duke of Perth, etc., (c. 167417 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 ...

Dukes of Perth Earls of Perth