The Washington herald., 1919-06-01

where and by the dignity of Thane
or LenndN, which, created in 1910,
Is still borne to this day by the
Earls of Perth.
In 1883 John Drummond was IRE
ated Lord Drummond of Cargill and
the Scottish earldom OF Perth and
the baronies of Drummond and OF
StobhalI were added in 1905. with
remainder to heirs male whatsoever.
The second Lord Drummond had two
sons-Patrick. who became third
Lord Drummond. and James. who
was created Lord Maderty. To the
Lords of Maderty the viscounty OF
Strathallan was added in 1855. The
| fourth Lord Drummond was raised
to the earldom of Perth in 1905.
The fourth earl and his brother John
/ followed King James III into exile In
| France. The elder was advanced
there TO the dukedom of Perth. which
was not recognized by the British
crowns The younger had the earldom
| of Melfort, which had been bestowed
| upon him by James III prior to the
: revolution, attainted by Parliament,
while the dukcdom OF Melfort. grant
ed TO him by King James at the court
of st. German, was ignored by Great
Britain. King Louis XIV of France.
i however. bestowed a French dukedom
OF Melfort upon John Drummond.
/ The late Earl of Perth. fourteenth
i of his line and sixth Duke of Meifort
in the peerage of France, died at a
great age in 1902 as the last descen-
dant Of the senior branch Of his
l house. predeceased by his three sons,
I his grandson, who died as LORD
/ Drummond in New York in 1887. and
! by IL two eldest daughters. He left
/ an only daughter. Lady Marie Drum
mond. who inherited certain OF her
fathers minor French titles, becom-
ing Countess Of Lussan and Baroness
de Valrose. and who, herself in very
advanced years. lives unmarried at
the Cottage, Kew. a suburb of Lon
! don.
The present Earl OF Perth and Wis
count StrHthai'n. a former captain
of the Black Watch. is unmarried,
and, happening to be in Germany at
the outbreak Of the war. was arrested
there by orders of the Kaiser and in
/ termed in the great prison camp of
Ruhleben throughout the four years
/ or more Of conflict
His half brother and next heir Is
Sir Eric Drummond, who. unlike Lord
/ Perth. is very we'll on for. married
/ TO the Hon. Angela Constable-MnE-
/ well. younger darI hitter of the late an"
eleventh Baron Harries. her cider SIS
ter. the now widowed Duchess OF
Norfolk. abandoned to her the greater
! portion of the paternal inheritance.
! II would take not merely, columns
, but pages to describe how the Drum
mond estates. cOnfiscated by the
crown after the downfall of King
! james II. were restored in 1855 to
James Drunmcnd and how. having
no sou. th,s, estates went at his
death to his daughter. married to the
nineteenth Lord WillouChby d'Eresby,
thanks {" winch they are today in the
/ possession - the latter's lineal heir
in II" male line. the second Earl OF
AncaS,"r. and of mis- American wife.
Elois" Rr"cse. daughter Of the late
William l.. ISrrcse. of New York.
Nor is there any room 10 relate
here how III" late Lord Perth's son.
NiscOunt Forth. committed suicide
after an unfortunate military career
and an equally unhappy marriage.
hi" only iSsu" thereof, George by
i name. quarreling with all his relatives
and coming to America with a woman
who had been In the domestic service
. Of his maternal GRANDMOTHER. the Hon.
Mrs. Adolphus Capel. and whom he
VAS unable L" marry owing to the fact
that she had a husband OF the name
OF John Lewis. still alive at the time.
| have in my possession letters from
;he late Lord Perth. and likewise from
his lawyers. to that effect
Apparently the social world and
his wIfe al" planning to 20 tUniEht