The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-16
Recently Appointed by Prime
Z Minister Asquith as His
Private Secretary.
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~ RlcDlsGMAlOND whom Prime Min
~ ist:r Asquith has just appointed
IL to be his private secretary, is the
next heir to his unmarried and
refuse brother, the fifteenth Earl of
Lerth. eleventh Niscount Strathallan.
hereditary rhanc of LcnnoX and chief
OF the great scottish Clan OF Drum
inond. Eric Drunmond is Il man OF
about thirty-siX, who for the last
we've years has been connected with
me INC English Foreign Office, usually IN
the capacity OF private secretary. to
The Under Secretary OF state, and IS
married to the late Lord Hcrrics's
daughtHr. the Hon. Angela Constable
Duchess OF Norfolk. Thanks to his
wife. to whom her sister the duchess.
abandoned the greater portion of the
paternal Inheritance. Eric Drunmord
is very well Off. but his elder brother
- In straitcncd circumstances. and
two years ago was Obliged to offer
FOR sale strathallan Castle, his ances-
trail home In Perthshirc. which is now
in the possession of Sir James Roberts,
great alpaca manufactures. who. on
receiving bar0TctcN, became smittcn
with social aspirations and the desire
TO appear as y great Scottish land
owner and laird.
Ii; s-a superb old place. ON the Riv
or Earn. tha estate extending over
lives very quietly and unobtrusively
at Machany near by: in fact. within
sight of the castle. The first viscount
Strathnlian was the Hon. William
of John Drummond. second Lord Nader
~. lie served King Charles H., was
taken prisoner at the battle Of Wor-
cester by the Roundhcads, from whom
he escaped and made his way to Rus
sic. took service with the Car. who in
course of time appointed him Governor
of Smolenk9 and general of his
army. Aftar the Restoration In Eng
.,t1 Ia. mt, In, al l,nr mi
member Of Parliament for Perthshirc
was Imprisoned. owing to some mis-
conception of his political principles.
and then the mistake was remcdled
by knighthood. Eventually he became
general of tho ordnance. succeeded to
his fathers hpnors as third Lord
Madcrty. and in l6SS was created first
Niscount Strathallan and Lord Drum
The fourth viscount was commander
in-chief of the Young Prctender's
forces in Scotland and was killed al
thu battle of Cullodcn. His Younger
brother. Andrew. went to London as
financial agent OF tho Jacobitcs and
founded the Drummonds Bank, at
Charing Cross, which Is still flourish
ing to this day. with the Duke of
northumberland as one of It's chief
partners. Owing TO the role pla ycd by
the fourth viscount az .Iacohite
leader. his pccragcs were attained. and
the three Subsequent viscounts were
merely titnlar, one of them distinguish
ing himself I'm the battle Of Water
loo. The eighth viscount. after a num-
her of years spent in China rs chief of
the English settlement of Canton, re-
turned home with fortune. became
member of Parliament for Perthshire,
securing reversal of the attainder and
the restoration of the family honors.
Maldwin Drummond. who married the
widowed Mrs, Marshall Field of Chi
cago. and whose little boys by her first
husband arc heirs to the great fortune
Of their Chicago grandfather, Is de-
seconded from this fourth Lord Strathal-
Ian. who was killed ut Cul!oden, and
is In the line of succession to the WIS.,
county OF Strathallan. to the Barony of
Drummond and the Earldom of Perth
also to the other dignities of the pres
ent Lord Strathallan.
The Drummonds can claim blood re-
lationship with most of the crowned