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 290 MELFORT. The heirs to the Earldom of Melfort, hud it not been for the attainder, were as under. 77. 1?1~>. 2. John Drummond, titular Duke of Mei fort, &c, yr. s. luit heir under the spee. rem. in the creations of 1 f<8f' and 1636, to the various dignitcs therein specified, being the first bou of the Htpnd wife. He was 26 May 1082 in Scotland ; styled Viscount Forth, 1080 to 1715. when, at his father's death, he assumed his peerage titles ; was Major-Gen. in the rising in Scotland in 1715, whence he escaped I Feb. 1715 (3. He in. 25 Slay 1707, at St. Eustaehe in Pari*, Marie (Jahriellc D'Audibert, widow of Henry Fitz Jambs, titular Duke of Ai.hkmaiii.k, Countess dk Lussan in France. He d. 29 Jan. 1754, and was b.ir. at St. Nieholas-des-Champs, Paris. 777. 17->4. 3. James Drummoxd, titular Dike of Melfort, ifcc, also Dt'CDE Mklkort and COMTK dk Lussann in France, s. and h., '/. 13 May 1708, at St. Germaius, in France. Hem. 20 July 1755, at Lussan, Marie dk" BereNQEB. He possessed ft considerable estate in Lower Languedoc. He d. 25 Dec 1700. IV. 17CG. Jf. James Lewis Drummond, titular Duke of Mel- fort. &c, s. and h.' a ) ; was a General in the French Service. He ?«. 30 April 17SS. Aglae Elizabeth Jacqueline, da. of VicoMTE d'Alaix. By the death, July 1800, of James (Drummond) Lord Perth. Baron Drummond of Stobhall (titular Duke and Earl of Perth), he became head of the Urummond family and the heir male of the Earldom of Pcrlh^) and, but for the attainder, would have been Paul OF Perth, &d. [S.] He d. a.p. at Lepus island, in Spain, in Sep. 1S00. V. 1800. 5. Charles Edward Drummond, titular Duke of Melfort, Earl of Perth. Eari. of Mei.fort, &e., next br. and b. ; 6. 1 Jan. 1752,( a ) was a Roman Catholic Prelate. He entered a clam in 1S03, for the Peith estates in the Court of Session, which was dismissed in 1S08. He d. unm. at Home, 9 April 1840. VI. 1840. d. George Urummond, titular Puke of Melfort, Eari. of Perth, Kari. of Melfort, jte., nephew and h., being only surv. s. and h. of Leon Maurice DRUMMOND (b. 12 April 1701 ; (") d. 20 April 1826), by Marie Elizabeth Luce DK Lonoub.marrk, his wife, which Leon was yst s. of James, 3d (titular) Duke of Melfort abovenamed. The attainder of hi s ancestors was reversed 28 June 1853, whereby he became de facta Karl of Perth Earl of Melfort, ire. [S.] as stated below. TI. 1853. 2. George Drummond, litular Duke and Earl of Mki.fort, &c, great great grandson (as above shewn), and heir male of the 1st Earl of Melfort [S,l was h. 0 May 1807. In 1811 he established iu France before the Omscil d'/itut and the Tribunal dc la Seine his right to the French titles of Due de Melfort, Co.mte de Lussan, and Baron de Vai.rose, while, in England, (12 years later) the attainder of his ancestors having been reversed he was 19 July 1S53, declared to be entitled to the dignities of Earl of Perth [1605], Earl of Melfort [1686], Viscount Forth [1086], Loud Drummond [1488], and Lord Drummond of Hiccahtoun. Castlemains and Gilstoun [1086], in the peerage of Scotland. See " Perth " Earldom of [S,]. a: 1005, sub the 5th Earl. ( a ) The three elder sons of James, the 3d (titular) Duke were apparently born before their parents marriage as the yst. son, Leon Maurice, petitioned for the Perth estates on the ground that he (only) was born after his parents marriage. This, however, would not (according to Scotch law) make them illegitimate. ( b ) See p. 289, note " b " and see also tabular pedigree, sub " Perth " (vol. vi.) in which this representation is depicted. ( c ) Being accordingly born after his parents marriage; see note "a" next above,