Page:Dod's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage etc. of Great Britain and Ireland.djvu/463

 439 PEERS, BARONETS, BISHOPS, PRIVY COUNSELLORS [PERTH PERCY, Baron. See Atholl, Duke of. PERKS, 1st Bt. (U.K.), Great. 24 July, 1908. — Sir Robert William Perks, s. of lato Rev. George T. Perks, of Highburj', M.A., jDres. of the Wesleyan Conference. B. at Hammersmith, 24 April, 1849; m. 24 April, 1878, Edith, dau. of William Mewburn, of Wykham Park, Oxford- shire ; D.L., J. P. ; ed. at New Kingswood School, Bath, and King's Coll. London ; contractor for public worlis ; built, in conjunction with Mr. Walker, the Buenos Aires Port Works, the Rio Janeiro Harbovir ^Vorks, and the Transandine Tunnel and Railway ; memb. of firms of Mac- artlnn-. Perks & Co., of New York and Ottawa ; treas. Wesleyan Methodist Twentieth Century Fund, and Wesleyan London Mission ; A.M. Inst. C.E. : J.P., Kent and Oxon. ; M.P. for Lin- colnshire (Louth div.) 1892-1910. Residence — 11, Kensington Palace Gardens, W. ; Wykham Park, Banbury ; Claverley, Littlestone, jKent. Clubs — British Empire : National Liberal ; City Liberal. Issue — 1. Robert Malcoim Mewburs Perks, b. 29 July, 1892. 2. Mildred Mewburn, m. 18 Sept. 1913, William Hertslet Gull. 3. Edith Mary, m, 18 Dec. 1908, Bertrara Cowes Allen, B..1S1., M.V.O., Fleet Paymaster, and has issue. Resi- dence — H.M.S. "Monarch," Portsmouth. 4. Margaret Hilda, m. 27 July, 1911. Edgar Mclntyre. Residence — Starth Oaks, Chiselhiirst. PERRING, 4th Bt. (U.K.). Croat. 3 Oct. 1808. — Rev. Sir Philip Perring, 2nd s. of Rev. Sir Philip, 3rd Bt., and Frances, only dau. of the late Henry Roe, of Gnaton, Devon. B. 15 July, 1828 ; sue. his father 1866 ; ed. at Camb., scholar and Browne medallist 1850, B.A., 4th in classical tripos 1852, M.A. 1855 ; was formerly curate of St. James's, Westminster. The 1st Bt., a banker and alderman of the City of London, was lord inayor in 1803. Residence — 7, Lyiidhurst Road, Exeter. PERROTT, 5th Bt. (G.B.). Great. 3 July, 1767 (and creat. a Bt. of the U.K. 21 June, 1911, v'ith precedence from 1 July, 1716); C.B. (civ.) 1902. — • Sir Herbert Charles Pebeott, s. of Sir Edward, 4th Bt., and Emma Maria, davi. of Charles Evelyn Houghton, com- mander R.X. B. 26 Oct. 1849 ; m. 10 Dec. 1901, Ethel Lucy (Lady of Justice of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, Lady Commandant-in-Chief of Women's Volun- tarj' Aid Detachments, and Lady Supt.-in-Chief of Nursing Corps and divisions of the St. John Ambulance Brigade ; lion. sec. Ladies' Comm. Order of St. John European War Fund; has the 1911 (silver) coronation medal), dau. of Capt. the late Marcus Stanley Hare, R.N,, of H.M.S. " Eurydice," which fomidered at sea ; sue. his father 1886 ; ed. at Ipswich Sch. ; col., late It. -col. commanding 3rd Buffs East Kent Regt. (M.) ; Knight of Justice and sec. -general of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, and chief sec. St. John Ambulance Assocn. from its foiuidation ; vice-clirmn. St. John Ambulance andBrit. Red Cross Soc. Joint War Comm. 1914; memb. Exec. Comm. of the Standing Cormcil of the Baronetage ; awarded the C.B. for services in connexion with the S.A. War. The family is said to be descended from a dau. of Alfred the Great ; an ancestor. Sir John Perrott, K.B., was Lord- Lieut, of Ireland under Elizabeth. The original patent never having been i-egistered, precedence from 171G was given to the 2nd Bt. by royal warrant under sign manual and privy seal in 1767. Residence — 52, Onslow Gardens, S.W. Club — United Service. Issue — 1. Marie Louise Priscilla (H.H. Princess Marie Louise of Sclilc swig-Holstein, sponsor). 2. Holi-na Ruth (H.R.H. Princess Christian, sponsor). Heir Pres., liis bro. , Evelyn Edward Perrott, b. S Oct. 1851 ; m. 29 Dec, 1881, Caroline Eleanor Fi iser (d. 22 Dec. 1896), dau. of Richard Mathews, or Uak- lands Parlc, Weybridge. Residence — 26, Salisbury Road, Hove, Sussex. PERTH, 15th Earl of. Great. 4 March, 1605; Vise. Strathallan, 6 Sept. 1686 ; Baron Drummoncl 29 Jan. 1487 ; Baron Maderty, 31 Jan. 1609 ; Baron Drrnumond of Cromlix, 6 Sept. 1686 (Scot.). — William Huntly Drummond, .s. of 10th Vise. Strathallan. B. 5 Aug. 1871 ; sue. his father in the Viscounty and the Baronies of Maderty and Drummond of Cromlix 1893, and his kinsman in the Earldom and the Barony of Drumiuond 1902 ; late capt. 3rd Batt. Black Watch. This family, which is of Hungarian origin, is descended from Sir Malcolm Drum- mond, 12th heritable thane of Lennox, whose sister was Queen Aunabella of Scotland. The 4th Earl was Lord Chancellor of Scotland, and was creat. Duke of Perth by James II, and that title was confirmed in France by Louis XIV. His s. was attainted in 1715, and his nephew, the 3rd Duke, who was wounded at Culloden, was attainted in 1746. The Dukedom becanre extinct on the death of the 6th Duke. The Earldom was restored to the predecessor of the present holder by the Drvmimond Restitution Act 1853. The Barony of Maderty was conferred on the uncle of the 1st Earl, and the Viseovuity on the 4th Baron Maderty. The 4th Vise, fell at Culloden, and was attainted in 1746. The honours were re- stored to the 8th Vise, by Act of Parliament iu 1824. Seat— William Henry Drummond, 9th Vise. Strathallan, b, 5 March. 1810 ; a representative peer, lord- in-waiting to Queen Victoria ; m. 25 July, 1833, Christina Maria Hersey (d. 14 Feb, 1867), dau. of Robert Baird, and d. 23 Jan. 1867. Issue — 1. James David Drum.mond, 10th Vise. Strathallan, b. 23 Oct, 1839 ; lt,-col. 6th D.G., D,L,, J.P., Perth ; m, 1st, 11 Feb. 1868, Ellen (d. 5 June, 1873), dau. of Cudbert B. Tliornhill, I.C.S.; m. 2nd, 27 Oct. 1875, Margaret (Residence — 39, Elm Park Gardens, S.W.), dau. of William Smythe, of Metliveu Castle,'Perth, and d. 5 Dec. 1893. Issue by 1st m. — 1. William Huntly Drummond, pres. Vise, and Earl. Issue by 2nd m. — 2. Hon. James Eric Drummond, Heir pres., b. 17 Aug. 1876 ; priv. sec. to the Prime Minister since 1912 ; m. 20 April, 1904, Hon. Angela Mary Con- stable Maxwell, dau. of 11th Baron Herries.' Resi- dence — 23, Manchester Square, W. Issue — 1. .Tolm David Drummond, b. 13 May, 1907. 1. Margaret Gwendolen Mary. 2. Angela Alice Mary el. 3. Capt. the Hon. Maurice Charles Andrew Drum- mond, Black Watch, b. 30 Nov. 1877 ; Staff Capt. No, 1 District Scottish Command 1908-12, A.D.C. to G.O.C. Scottish Command since 1912 ; served in S.A. 1899-1902, and in France 1914 (despatches) ; late page of honour to H.M. ; ni, 4 May, 1904, Ida Mary, dau, of George James Drunnnond, of Swag- lands, Penshurst, Kent. Issue — Maurice James David Drummond. b. 17 Nov. 1907. Myra. 4. Lieut. -Comm., the Hon. Edmund Rupert Drum- mond B.N., b. 8 May, 1884 ; m. 11 May, 1910, Evelyn, Frances, dau. of Lord James Arthur Butler. Issue — 1. Anne. 2 A dau. 1. Hon. Margaret Ciceley, m. 17 Doc. 1912, Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson {see Tennyson, Baron). 2. Hon. Sybil Frances. 2. Capt. the Hon. Robert Charles Drummond, late Scaforth Highlrs., b. 2 Sept. 1850. Club— Naval and Military. 1. Hon. Hersey Annabella. 2. Hon. Frances Mary, maid of honour to Queen Victoria. Residence — 11, Walpole Street, S.W. PERTH (Western Australia), 3rd Bishop of. Foiuided 1856. — Rt. Rev. Charles Owen Leaver Riley. D.D., s. of Rev. Laurence Wil- liam Riley, M.A., vie. of S. Cross, Knutsford, and Emma, dau. of Charles Shaw, of Molliiigton. B. 1854 ; m. 1886, Elizabeth, dau. of C. A. Merriman, M.R.C.S., of Heath House, Knutsford ;