280 STRATJTALLAN. with the exileil covenanters) from Sop. 1674 to Feb. 1075/0 ; knighted between 1678 ami loSl ; Gen. of the Ordnance, 1684, and den. of the forces in Scotland, and a Lord of the Treasury, 1685. He is said(») to have sue. as LURD MADEIiTY [s. (a Barony tr. 31 Jan. 1608/91, by the resignation of his eldest br., David, the 3d Lord, 11 April 1684. He was er. Hi Auk. ItiSii. VISCOUNT OK STHATH M.I. AN and LORD DKUMMOND OF CKOMLIX [S.]. with rem. failing heirs male of his body, to heirs male. He m. firstly Klizabeth, widow of Thomas HKi'BUHN, of Humble, da. of Sir Archibald Johkstose, of Warriston, a Lord of Sessions, by ( — ), da. of Sir ALEXANDER Hay. She was bur. 1678, in St. George's Church, Soiithwark. He m. secondly in or before 1685, Orisel, da. of ( — ). He </. March, and was bur. April 10SS, at Iunerpellray, aged 70. H His funeral entry is in the Lyon otlice. II. 1G83. 2. WiLtua (Drummosi)), Viscount Stratiiau.ax, Lord M.u>erty() and LORD 1 Iiiim.moxd ok Ciih.mi.ix [S.], only *. and h. ; sur. to the peerage [S.] as above, in Jan. ItiSS, and was served heir to his father's property in the counties of Argyll, Perth, ami Stifling ; took his seat [S.) 30 May 1700. He, »|>parently(0 tUC as LORD MADEIITY [8.], on the death of his uncle, David, the 3d Lord. Hem. Elizabeth, 3d da. of John (Dri mmund), 1st Earl Of MlLFORt [8.1 by his first wife, Sophia, da. of Bobert M.UTLAND, of Luudiu, CO. Fife. She was b. 22 July 1072. He d. 7 July 170'J. III. 1702. J. Wiluasi (Dhummonii), Viscount Stratiiai.i.an, Lord ManEltTV, Ac. [S ], only s. ami h. ; sue. to the peerage [S.) 7 July 170'-'. Had. unm. in London. 20 May 1711, in his 16th year, when the issue male of his grandfather, the 1st Viaeuuut, became exftnof.C) IV. 1711. J,. "William (I>rummond), Viscount Sthatiiallan, Lord Maiikutv, Sc. [S.]. cousin and h. male collateral, being 1th but 1st surv. s. ami h ( r ) of Sir John Dmmmonh, of Machany, by Margaret, da. of Sir William Stewart, of [nnernytie, which John [attainted 1090 ; (/. 1707) was s. and h. of Sir (») Fountainhall (I. 295) as quoted in Wood's " Dnuglat " (vol. ii, p. 551) says that " David, Lord Maderty, when lying sick, resigned his honours, 11 April 1684, in favour of his br., the General, who at any rate was entitled to succeed to them at his death" — but {ibid, p. 553) he is spoken of as late as 18 June 10S5 (merely), as " Lieut. Gen. William Drumtnotul " (in the baptism at Edinburgh of his son David) ami (ibid. p. 690) as late as 10 Aug. 10S0, as "Hon. General William Drunimond" (in his creation as Viscount), while " Riddrll " (p. 712, note 0) says that it was iu the time of his son, the 2d Viscount, that, "the Barony of Maderty came eventually to merge." It would seem, however, that some such resignation (whether a valid one or otherwise) took place in 1684, iu order "to save expenses. H [Lauder's " Hist. Notices."] (*>) See vol. iii, p. 208, note " a," sub " Dundee," as to this being one of the sis hereditary Scotch Peerages cr. before his dethronement by James II. ( c ) He appears to have been "a loose and profane man," ambitious and covetous, " but with sufficient sense of honour to restrain him from public apostaey for the sake of profit, being, indeed, a bad Christian but a good Protestant." He had (according to Bishop Unmet) "a great measure of knowledge and learning," and rW the compiler, iu 1081, of a history of his family, of which, 100 copies (ed. by C K. Sharpe), were privately printed iu 1831. [See " Nat. Bioyr."] ( d ) It is doubtful, however, whether he may not have succeeded his unci* (and net his father) in the Barony of Maderty at a later date than 1088. See note "a" above. (o) The estates, of Cromlix, InnerpefFray, &c., devolved on the family of Hay, as heirs of line, in right of descent from Klizabeth, wife of Thomas, Karl of Kiiiuoull [S-] the only da. of the 1st Viscount. ( f ) The 5th s., Andrew Drummond, b. 10SO, settled in London, soon after the Union [S.], ami was much entrusted with the affairs of the Jacobites. He was founder of the well known bank of " Drumtnonds," at Charing Cross, uud d. '2 Feb. 1709, iu his 82d year, being bur. at Staumore, co. Midx., leaving issue.
