James Drummond, 1st Baron Maderty

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on James Drummond, 1st Lord Maderty:

http://thepeerage.com/p3049.htm#i30490

James Drummond, 1st Lord Maderty [1]

• M, #30490,
• b. 1551,
• d. September 1623
• Last Edited=23 Nov 2008
• Consanguinity Index=0.05%

James Drummond, 1st Lord Maderty was born in 1551.[1]

He died in September 1623.[1]

He was the son of David Drummond, 2nd Lord Drummond and Lilias Ruthven.[1]

He was created 1st Lord Maderty in 1607. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.[2]

Children of James Drummond, 1st Lord Maderty and Jane Chisholm

• 1. John Drummond, 2nd Lord Maderty+
• 2. Sir James Drummond+

Citations

• 1. [S1224] Derek Hughes, "re: 1st Lord Drummond," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 22 December 2004, 13 February 2005 and 2 March 2005. Hereinafter cited as "re: 1st Lord Drummond."
• 2. [S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.

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From the English Wikipedia page for James Drummond, 1st Baron Maderty:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Drummond,_1st_Baron_Maderty

James Drummond, first Baron Maderty (1540?–1623), was a Scottish peer. Drummond,the second son of David Drummond, 2nd Lord Drummond, by his wife, Lilias, eldest daughter of William, second Lord Ruthven.

He was educated with James VI, who throughout his life treated him with marked favour. On his coming of age his father gave him the lands and titles of the Abbey of Inchaffray in Strathearn, in virtue of which possession he was known as ‘commendator’ of Inchaffray. He also had charters of the baronies of Auchterarder, Kincardine, and Drymen in Perthshire and Stirling, 3 September 1582, and 20 October of the lands of Kirkhill.

In 1585 he was appointed a lord of the bedchamber by James VI. He was with the king at Perth 5 Aug. 1600, during the so-called Gowrie plot, and afterwards gave depositions relative to the affair. In 1609 (31 January) the king converted the abbey of Inchaffray into a temporal lordship, and made Drummond a peer, with the title of Lord Maderty, the name being that of the parish in which Inchaffray was situated. He had further charters of Easter Craigton in Perthshire, 23 May 1611; of the barony of Auchterarder (to him and his second son), 27 July 1615; and of the barony of Innerpeffray, 24 March 1618.

He died in September 1623.

He married Jean, daughter of James Chisholm of Cromlix, Perthshire, who through her mother was heiress of Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray, which property she brought into her husband's family, and by her he had two sons:

• 1, John, second lord Maderty, and
• 2. James of Machany

and four daughters:

• 1. Lilias,
• 2. Jean,
• 3. Margaret, and
• 4. Catherine.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Drummond, James (1540?-1623)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.Category;17th-century Scottish people

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