A man of great charm and gentle kindness.
The Drummond earldom of Perth in the peerage of Scotland was created in 1605, but the most determined genealogist will struggle to trace its subsequent, rather tortuous descent. Matters were complicated by the creation of a Jacobite dukedom in 1701, attainder in 1716, and a tendency for the title to pass sideways through the family with bewildering rapidity.
The Drummonds held to the Stuart cause and the Old Faith, suffering imprisonment and exile in consequence. The 13th Earl and 10th Duke, a Catholic cleric, died in 1840 and was succeeded by a Protestant nephew.
