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mond was not christened until sl,v
had grown up. that is to say, as near
as Peter Pan could grow up. For
she was baptized in 1906 with Miss
Ellen Terry as her godmother and
Sir James NJ. Barrie as her god
father.
Drummond's Bank was founded az
the close of the eighteenth century
by Andrew Drummond, son of Sir
John Drummond of Machany, and .
grandson of Lord Strathalan. An
drew and his younger brother wer.
undoubtedly intrusted with the ms
jority of the funds of the followers
and adherents of the Stuart cause
walked all the way from Edinburgh
to London, armed only with sticks,
being convinced that 1t was the one
safe way to escape the attention OF
the highWaymen who haunted the
great trunk road from London 10 Ed
in nburgh and who were constantly
holding up the stage coaches, then
the only means of loccmotion ami
travel besides the poSt-chaise of the
rich, which proved an even still
greater attraction to the knights of
the road than the coaches.
::
The Drummonds are, according 10
tradition. of Hungarian origin. Ac-
cording to family lore, its founder
was Maurice, a Magyar nobleman
who came to Scotland in the train
of Edgar Atheling and of his sister
Margaret, afterward queen consort
of the Scottish King Malcolm III
They were fleeing from William the
ConQueror when a storm drove their
vessel on to the Scottish coast, and il
is said that it is mainly due to the
skillful navigation and resourcefulness
of Maurice that the royal fugitives were
able to land in safety at St. Margaret's
Hope, which under the name of Rosyth
served as the principal naval base OF
the British grand fleet In the great wal.
after having been converted into a
mighty naval stronghold and arsenal.
both as regards defenses and docks.
For his services Maurice was rewarded
by King Malcolm with grant Of certain
.ands in the shires of Dumbarten. Stir
ling and elsewhere with the. title OF
Thane of Lennox, which thus created in
1910 AID, is still borne to this day by
the Earl Of Perth. the head of the fam
lily and clan Of Drummond.
The Drummonds have in several In
stances intermarried with Scottish
was the wife of King David IL of
Scotland. while Annabella Drunmono.
according to history, so captiyated
with her charms and enamored with
the perfection of her virtues King
Robert III, that he took her to be his
wife. This queen, of course, was the
mother of Scotlands poet king, James
/, whose authorship of the very ia
nous love story in rhyme. THE
Kings QUAR-" is now generally ac~
cepted by scholars. Queen Annabella.
indeed, is one of the most romantic
figures in the history of Scotland, and
having incurred the enmity of the
great northern mobiles who were teal
Gus of the pre- -eminence enjoyed
through her by the house of Drum
mond, poisoned her. and her two sis
tiers at Drummond Castle.
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While Drummond Castle. the an
cestral home of the Drummonds, as
we'll as most of their old Scottish
estates, have passed out or their
hands into those of the earls of An
caster. its present mistress is fair
American. For the present Countess
Ancaster, its chatelaine. is the daush
| ter of the late Lawrence William
Breese of New York.
| The head of the entire house of
Drummond is the Earl of Perth, if
teenth in his line, and superchieftain
of the entire clan of Drummonds.
He married some twelve years ago Il
Miss Anna Strauss. daughter of
Semitic financier of Prague, then
an Austrian, but now a Czechoslav
The union has remained chi1dless.
and the next heir to the earldom and
to the chieftaincy of the clan and
family Of Drummond is Lord Perth's
ha lf-brother, the Hon. Sir Eric Druil-
mond, X. G. NJ. G., secretary general
and principal executive officer of ti:4.
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