Scottish Clans - Clan Drummond Of Scotland
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By Scotland Editor
Published on 12 March 2008
That Gilbert de Dromond, del counte de Dunbrettan, swore fealty to Edward I would point to Drymen being the original territory of the clan.
Sir Malcolm de Drymen supported Bruce at Bannockburn and is said to have been responsible for strewing the ground with the caltrops which had disaterous results for the English cavalry, a circumstance commemorated by the inclusion of Caltrops in the armorial bearings of the Drummonds. After Bannockburn he received grants of land in Perthshire with which the Drummonds are associated in more recent times.
Margaret Drummond married King David II in 1369, and Annabella Drummond, who married King Robert III, was the mother of James I. Sir John Drummond was created Lord Drummond in 1488, and in 1605 King James VI conferred the Earldom of Perth on the 4th Baron Drummond.
The Drummonds were ever loyal to the Stuart kings, and while they received honours from their royal masters such as the Earldom of Melfort conferred on John, second son of the third Earl of Perth, and the title Viscount Strathallan granted to the Hon. William Drummond, they suffered with the Stuarts in their misfortunes. During the Jacobite Risings they continued their support of the Stuarts and the Earl of Perth was created a Duke by James VII after his escape to France. In “the ‘45” the clan followed Prince Charles, and Viscount Strathallan died on the field of Culloden. The Duke of Perth escaped to France while his brother died on the voyage.
The Drummond estates were forfeited, but were restored to the family in 1784 and subsequently passed through the female line to Lord Willoughby de Eresby.
Crest: On a ducal coronet a sleuthhound proper, collared and leashed, gules. Badge: Wild Thyme, Holly.
Sir Malcolm de Drymen supported Bruce at Bannockburn and is said to have been responsible for strewing the ground with the caltrops which had disaterous results for the English cavalry, a circumstance commemorated by the inclusion of Caltrops in the armorial bearings of the Drummonds.
That Gilbert de Dromond, del counte de Dunbrettan, swore fealty to Edward I would point to Drymen being the original territory of the clan. Sir Malcolm de Drymen supported Bruce at Bannockburn and is said to have been responsible for strewing the ground with the caltrops which had disaterous results for the English cavalry, a circumstance commemorated by the inclusion of Caltrops in the armorial bearings of the Drummonds. After Bannockburn he received grants of land in Perthshire with which the Drummonds are associated in more recent times.
Margaret Drummond married King David II in 1369, and Annabella Drummond, who married King Robert III, was the mother of James I. Sir John Drummond was created Lord Drummond in 1488, and in 1605 King James VI conferred the Earldom of Perth on the 4th Baron Drummond.
The Drummonds were ever loyal to the Stuart kings, and while they received honours from their royal masters such as the Earldom of Melfort conferred on John, second son of the third Earl of Perth, and the title Viscount Strathallan granted to the Hon. William Drummond, they suffered with the Stuarts in their misfortunes. During the Jacobite Risings they continued their support of the Stuarts and the Earl of Perth was created a Duke by James VII after his escape to France. In “the ‘45” the clan followed Prince Charles, and Viscount Strathallan died on the field of Culloden. The Duke of Perth escaped to France while his brother died on the voyage.
The Drummond estates were forfeited, but were restored to the family in 1784 and subsequently passed through the female line to Lord Willoughby de Eresby.
Crest: On a ducal coronet a sleuthhound proper, collared and leashed, gules. Badge: Wild Thyme, Holly.