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The title Earl of Perth was created in 1605 for James Drummond. The fourth Earl of Perth was attained for supporting the Jacobite movement. He and his successors, the titular Dukes of Perth, nonetheless claimed the earldom. Upon the extinction of the titular dukedom with the death of the sixth Duke, the claim to the earldom of Perth passed to the second Duke of Melfort, another holder of a titular dukedom. In 1853, the sixth titular Duke of Melfort, George Drummond, was by Act of Parliament deemed Earl of Perth, and the previous attainder was reversed. Drummond also dropped the use of the nominal dukedom of Melfort. At his death in 1902, several titles held by him, such as the Earldom of Melfort, became dormant because no-one could prove a claim to the title.
Often, those who claimed the title after the attainder but before its reversal are excluded from the numbering. However, such persons are, because the attainder was completely reversed, technically Earls of Perth, and therefore are here included in the numbering.
The subsidiary titles held by the Earl of Perth are: Viscount Strathallan (created 1686), Lord Drummond of Cargill (1488), Lord Drummond of Stobhall (1605), Lord Maderty (1609) and Lord Drummond of Cromlix (1686). The title Viscount Strathallan is the courtesy title for the Earl's eldest son and heir. All titles are in the Peerage of Scotland.
1 Lords Drummond ( 1488)
- John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond ( 1438- 1519)
- David Drummond, 2nd Lord Drummond (c. 1515- 1571)
- Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond ( 1550- 1600)
- James Drummond, 4th Lord Drummond (d. 1611) (became Earl of Perth in 1605)
2 Earls of Perth ( 1605)
- James Drummond, 1st Earl of Perth (d. 1611)
- John Drummond, 2nd Earl of Perth (d. 1662)
- James Drummond, 3rd Earl of Perth (c. 1615Events June 2 First Recollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. June 4 Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu took Osaka Castle in Japan. The second volume of Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote is published. End of the Sengoku Period in J- 1675Events January 5 The Battle of Turckeim August 10 Building of the Royal Greenwich Observatory began November 11 Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. Cassini discovers Saturn's Cassini Division Battle of Fehrbellin Births March 31 Pope Be)
- James Drummond, 1st Duke of Perth (c. 1649Events January 30 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. His widow Henrietta Maria resides in her native France. January 30 The Commonwealth of England, a republican form of government, replaces the monarchy as the form of government- 1716Events Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, founded. Crieff, Scotland was burned to the ground in revenge for the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. Kangxi Dictionary was published this year. This dictionary laid the fundamental)
- James Drummond, 2nd Duke of Perth (d. 1720Events January 6 The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 Sweden and Prussia sign the ( 2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. February 29 Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden resigns. The Tuscarora fled North Caro)
- James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth (d. 1746Events January 8 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 An earthquake demolishes Lima a)
- John Drummond, 4th Duke of Perth (d. 1747Events January 31 The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 3 Battle)
- John Drummond, 5th Duke of Perth (d. 1757Events March 14 On-board the HMS Monarch Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty. June 23 Indian Mutiny: Battle of Plassey 3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj-ud-Dawlah at Pla)
- Edward Drummond, 6th Duke of Perth (d. 1760)
- James Drummond, 2nd Duke of Melfort ( 1707- 1781)
- James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Melfort ( 1744- 1800)
- James Louis Drummond, 4th Duke of Melfort ( 1750- 1800)
- Charles Edward Drummond, 5th Duke of Melfort ( 1752- 1840)
- George Drummond, 14th Earl of Perth ( 1807- 1902)
- William Huntly Drummond, 15th Earl of Perth ( 1871- 1937)
- James Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth ( 1876- 1951)
- John David Drummond, 17th Earl of Perth ( 1907- 2002)
- John Drummond, 18th Earl of Perth (b. 1935)
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