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See also:PERTH, EARLS AND See also:DUKES OF . The Scottish See also:title of See also:earl of Perth was bestowed upon See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, 4th See also:Lord See also:Drummond (d. 1611) in 1605. His ancestor See also:Sir See also:John Drummond (d. 1519) had been created Lord Drummond in 1488. The 1st earl's See also:great-See also:nephew, James, 4th earl and 1st See also:duke of Perth (1648–1716),was a son of James, the 3rd earl (c. 1615–1675). When John See also:Maitland, duke of See also:Lauderdale, was virtually the See also:dictator of See also:Scotland, Perth was among his opponents, and after Lauderdale's retirement in 168o he was one of the See also:committee of seven which managed Scottish affairs. He was made See also:justice-See also:general and extra-See also:ordinary lord of session in 1682, and was lord See also:chancellor of Scotland from 1684 to 1688. As a convert to See also:Roman Catholicism after the See also:death of See also:Charles II., he stood high in the favour of James II. Perth, who is credited with the introduction of the thumbscrew,was very unpopular with the Scottish See also:people, and during the Revolution of 1688 he was imprisoned at See also:Stirling. Released from captivity in 1693 he joined James II. at St Germains, and was made duke of Perth, a titular dignity only after the exiled See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's death in 1701. His son James (c. 1675–1720) was with James II. in See also:Ireland, and led the See also:cavalry at the See also:battle of See also:Sheriffmuir. He was attainted in 1715, but claimed the dukedom of Perth after his See also:father's death. His son James (1713–1746), regarded by See also:friends and dependants as the 3rd duke of Perth, fought for the See also:Young Pretender at See also:Prestonpans and See also:Culloden. His See also:brother and See also:heir, John, the 4th duke (c. 1716–1747), also joined Charles See also:Edward, and fought at See also:Falkirk and Culloden. The titular dukedom became See also:extinct when the See also:sixth holder, Edward, another son of the 1st duke, died in 176o.
The earldom was then claimed by Edward's See also:cousin, James Lundin (1707–1781), a See also:grandson of the 1st titular duke of Melfort, who was a brother of the 1st duke of Perth and took the name of Drummond. His son James (1744–1800) secured the Drummond estates in 1783, and was created a See also:British peer as Lord Perth and See also:Baron Drummond in 1797. On his death without sons in See also:July 1800 his See also:barony became extinct, but the claim to the earldom of Perth was inherited by his kinsman, the 4th titular duke of Melfort, and his descendants (see below). The Drummond estates, however, passed to the baron's daughter Clementina (d. 1865), afterwards the wife of See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter See also:Robert, loth Lord See also:Willoughby de Eresby, and thence to her descendant the earl of Ancaster.
The 1st duke's brother, John (c. 1650–1715), earl of Melfort, See also:rose to favour under Charles II. about the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time as his brother; like him, too, he became a Roman See also:Catholic in 1686. In 1684 he was made secretary of See also:state for Scotland; in 1686 he was created earl of Melfort by James II., and during his reign he took a leading See also:part in Scottish affairs. After the Revolution of 1688 his great See also:influence with James II. and with See also:Mary of See also:Modena See also:drew upon him the hatred both of the See also:French and of the Irish. He was with James II. at St Germains, but lost his former ascendancy, and died in See also:Paris on the 25th of See also:January 1715. In 1694 he was made duke of Melfort, and all his titles were held under the singular See also:condition that they should descend to the See also:children of his second wife, Euphemia (d. 1743), daughter of Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Wallace, in preference to his children by his first wife, See also:Sophia Lundin, who were Protestants. In 1701 Melfort was recognized as a French peer, the duc de Melfort, by See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. In 1695 he had been attainted, but his titles were claimed by John (1682–1754), his eldest son by his second wife, who shared in the rising of 1715. In 1800 John's grandson, James Louis, 4th titular duke of Melfort, claimed the earldom of Perth. This claim was unsuccessful, but in 1853 See also:George (1807–1902), nominally 6th duke of Melfort, obtained a reversal of the various attainders, and his own recognition as earl of Perth and Melfort. The succeeding earl was his kinsman, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Huntly Drummond, See also:Viscount Strathallan (1871– ).
See Sir R. See also:Douglas, The See also:Peerage of Scotland; and Histories of See also:Noble British Families, vol. ii., edited by H. Drummond (1846).
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