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John DRUMMOND, First Lord of Drummond

Male 1438 - 1519  (81 years)

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  • Name John DRUMMOND  [1
    Suffix First Lord of Drummond 
    Christened 1438  Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Born 1 Jan 1438  Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LYNN-31N 
    TitleOfNobility Between 29 Jan 1487 and 1488  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    He was created 1st Lord Drummond 
    Occupation   [2
    1st Lord Drummond, Baron Drummond 
    Occupation Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Constable of Stirling Castle. 
    Occupation   [2
    Member of Parliament 
    Occupation   [2
    Sir 
    Occupation 1488  [2
    He held the office of Justiciar [Scotland] 
    Occupation 1488  [2
    He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] 
    Occupation 1513  [2
    He was envoy to England. 
    Buried 22 Sep 1519  Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 18 Dec 1519  Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I594767776  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2023 

    Father Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND, of Cargill and Stobhill,   b. 1420, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1470, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Lady Marion Mariot MURRAY,   b. 1411, Ruthven Castle, Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1445, Stobhall, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Family ID F536729006  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth LINDSAY,   b. 1445, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1519, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 5 Mar 1458  Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Annabella DRUMMOND,   b. 1463, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1492, Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     2. William DRUMMOND, Master of Drummond,   b. Jan 1463, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1503, Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years)
     3. Sir John DRUMMOND, 1st of Innerpeffray,   b. Abt 1464, Innerpeffrey, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1539  (Age ~ 75 years)
     4. Baroness Euphemia Katharine DRUMMOND,   b. 25 May 1467, Castle Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1501, poisoned with her 2 sisters at Drummond Castle, Perthshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     5. Sybilla DRUMMOND,   b. 1470, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1502, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     6. Lady Elizabeth DRUMMOND,   b. 1472, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1514, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     7. Janet DRUMMOND,   b. 1473, Coldoch, Perth, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1512, Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     8. Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND, of Cargill and Stobhall,   b. 1473, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1531, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F536729005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1st LORD JOHN DRUMMOND 1ST LORD DRUMMON was born about 1438 of Monzie, Perthshire, Scotland, to Sir Malcolm Drummond (1415-1470) and Lady Marion Mariot Murray (1411-1445.) He married Elizabeth Lindsay.

      He was created 1st Lord Drummond, Scotland 29 January 1487/1488. He was appointed Privy Counsellor Scotland, 1488. He held the office of Justiciar, 1488. In 1495 he was envoy to England, 1511, 1512 also. He held the office of Constable of Stirling Castle.

      In 1515 he was imprisoned in Blackness Castle and was temporarily deprived of peerage.

      John Drummond died 22 September 1519, Drummond Castle, Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland, age 81.

      John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond
      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
      John Drummond, first Lord Drummond (died 1519), was a Scottish statesman.
      Drummond, ninth successive knight of his family, was the eldest son of Sir Malcolm Drummond of Cargill and Stobhall, Perthshire, by his marriage with Mariota, eldest daughter of Sir David Murray of Tullibardine in the same county. He sat in parliament 6 May 1471, under the designation of Lord of Stobhall. On 20 March 1473? 4 he had a charter of the offices of seneschal and coroner of the earldom of Strathearn,in which he was confirmed in the succeeding reign.[1] In 1483 he was one of the ambassadors to treat with the English King, with a safe-conduct (passport) granted 29 November of that year; again, on 6 August 1484, to treat of the marriage of James, Prince of Scotland, and Anne de la Pole, niece of Richard III. He was a commissioner for settling border differences nominated by the treaty of Nottingham, 22 September 1484; his safe-conduct into England being dated on the ensuing 29 November.
      James III of Scotland took the office of Steward of Strathearn from Drummond in September 1475, making him his enemy. Although Dummond was raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Drummond, 29 January 1488, soon after he joined the rebel party against James III, and he sat in the first parliament of James IV, 6 October 1488.
      In this same year he was appointed a privy councillor and justiciary of Scotland, and was afterwards constable of the castle of Stirling. In 1489 John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, rose in revolt against the king. He had encamped at Gartalunane, on the south bank of the Forth, in the parish of Aberfoyle, but during the darkness of the night of 11 Oct. was surprised and utterly routed by Drummond.[2] As one of the commissioners to redress border and other grievances, Drummond had a safe-conduct into England 22 May 1495, 26 July 1511, 24 Jan. 1513, and 20 April 1514.[3]
      Assault on the Lyon Herald[edit]
      In 1514 Drummond gave great offence to many of the lords by promoting the marriage of his grandson, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, with the queen-dowager Margaret. The Lord Lyon King of Arms (Sir William Cumming (or Comyn) of Inverallochy) was despatched to summon Angus before the council at Stirling Castle, when Drummond, thinking that he had approached the earl with more boldness than respect, struck him on the breast. In 1515 John Stewart, Duke of Albany, was chosen Regent of Scotland, but because Drummond did not favour the election he committed him (16 July) a close prisoner to Blackness Castle, upon an allegation that he had used violence towards the herald. He was tried capitally, found guilty, and his estates forfeited. However, he was not long in coming to terms with Albany. With other lords he signed the answer of refusal to Henry VIII, who had advised the removal of Albany, to which his seal is affixed, 4 July 1516, and in October he announced his final separation from the queen's party. He was in consequence released from prison and freed from his forfeiture, 22 November 1516.[4]
      Family[edit]
      He died at Drummond Castle, Strathearn, in 1519, and was buried in the church of Innerpeffray. He was succeeded by his great-grandson David. His wife was Elizabeth Lindsay, daughter of Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford, and by her he had three sons and six daughters. Malcolm, the eldest son, died young; David, master of Drummond, is not mentioned in the pedigrees, but is now believed to have been the chief actor in the Massacre of Monzievaird, when members of the Murrays of Ochtertyre were killed at Monzievaird Church, for which he was executed after 21 Oct. 1490.[5] William was living in March 1503; and John was ancestor of the Drummonds of Innerpeffray and of Riccarton.
      Of the daughters, Margaret Drummond, mistress of James IV, was poisoned in 1501; Elizabeth married George Douglas, Master of Angus, and was great-grandmother of Henry, Lord Darnley, Beatrix never married; Annabella married William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose; Eupheme, the wife of John Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, was poisoned in 1501; and Sibylla shared a like fate, the sisters were buried at Dunblane Cathedral. Drummond was the common ancestor of the viscounts of Strathallan and of the earls of Perth and Melfort.
      ?DRUMMOND, JOHN, first Lord Drummond (d. 1519), statesman, ninth successive knight of his family, was the eldest son of Sir Malcolm Drummond of Cargill and Stobhall, Perthshire, by his marriage with Mariot, eldest daughter of Sir David Murray of Tullibardine in the same county. He sat in parliament 6 May 1471, under the designation of dominus de Stobhall. On 20 March 1473? 4 he had a charter of the offices of seneschal and coroner of the earldom of Strathearn (Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, ed. Paul, 1424? 1513, p. 236), in which he was confirmed in the succeeding reign (ib. p. 372). In 1483 he was one of the ambassadors to treat with the English, to whom a safe-conduct was granted 29 Nov. of that year; again, on 6 Aug. 1484, to treat of the marriage of James, prince of Scotland, and Anne de la Pole, niece of Richard III. He was a commissioner for settling border differences nominated by the treaty of Nottingham, 22 Sept. 1484; his safe-conduct into England being dated on the ensuing 29 Nov. He was raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Drummond, 29 Jan. 1487? 8. Soon after he joined the party against James III, and sat in the first parliament of James IV, 6 Oct. 1488. In this same year he was appointed a privy councillor and justiciary of Scotland, and was afterwards constable of the castle of Stirling. In 1489 the so-called Earl of Lennox rose in revolt against the king. He had encamped at Gartalunane, on the south bank of the Forth, in the parish of Aberfoyle, but during the darkness of the night of 11 Oct. was surprised and utterly routed by Drummond (Buchanan, Rer. Scotic. Hist. lib. xiii. c. v.). As one of the commissioners to redress border and other grievances, Drummond had a safe-conduct into England 22 May 1495, 26 July 1511, 24 Jan. 1512? 13, and 20 April 1514 (Hardy, Syllabus of Rymer's F?dera, ii. 729, 743, 745; Letters and Papers of Hen. VIII, ed. Brewer, i. 274, 316, 448, 478, 789). In 1514 Drummond gave great offence to many of the lords by promoting the marriage of his grandson, Archibald Douglas, sixth earl of Angus, with the queen-dowager Margaret. Lyon king-at-arms (Sir William Comyn) was despatched to summon Angus before the council, when Drummond, thinking that he had approached the earl with more boldness than respect, struck him on the breast. In 1515 John, duke of Albany, was chosen regent, but because Drummond did not favour the election he committed him (16 July) a close prisoner to Blackness Castle, upon an allegation that he had used violence towards the herald (Letters &c. of Henry VIII, vol. ii. pt. i. pp. 187, 205, 520). He was tried capitally, found guilty, and his estates forfeited. However, he was not long in coming to terms with Albany. With other lords he signed the answer of refusal to Henry VIII, who had advised the removal of Albany, to which his seal is affixed, 4 July 1516, and in October he announced his final separation from the queen's party (ib. pp. 643, 772). He was in consequence released from prison and freed from his forfeiture, 22 Nov. 1516. He died at Drummond Castle, Strathearn, in 1519, and was buried in the church of Innerpeffray. He was succeeded by his great-grandson David. In Douglas's 'Peerage of Scotland' (ed. Wood, ii. 361) Drummond is absurdly stated to have married 'Lady Elisabeth Lindsay, daughter of David, duke of Montrose.' His wife was Elizabeth Lindsay, daughter of Alexander, fourth earl of Crawford, and by her he had three sons and six daughters. Malcolm, the eldest son, died young; David, master of Drummond, is not mentioned in the pedigrees, but is now believed to have been the chief actor in the outrage on the Murrays at Monivaird Church, for which he was executed after 21 Oct. 1490 (Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, ed. Burnett, vol. x. p. 1, with which cf. Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer, Scotland, ed. Dickson, vol. i. pp. cii? civ); William was living in March 1502? 3; and John was ancestor of the Drummonds of Innerpeffray and of Riccarton. Of the daughters, Margaret [q. v.], mistress of James IV, was poisoned in 1501; Elizabeth married George, master of Angus, and was great-grandmother of Henry, lord Darnley; Beatrix married James, first earl of Arran; Annabella married William, first earl of Montrose; Eupheme, the wife of John, fourth lord Fleming, was poisoned in 1501; and Sibylla shared a like fate. Drummond was the common ancestor of the viscounts of Strathallan and of the earls of Perth and Melfort.


      Drummond Castle Scotland



      LADY ELIZABETH LINDSAY was born about 1445 of Castle Clydesdale, Lanarkshire Scotland, to Alexander Lindsay (1423-1453) and Lady Margaret Crawford (1420-1499.) She married John Drummond.

      Elizabeth Lindsay died 22 September 1519, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland, age 74.

      Children of John Drummond and Elizabeth Lindsay:

      1.Master William Drummond (1458-1503)
      2.Malcolm Drummond (1461-)
      3.Master David Drummond (1464-1490)
      4.Catherine Drummond (1465-1530)
      5.Lady Euphemia Drummond (1467-1502)
      6.AnnabelLord Drummond



  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Annabella Drummond, person ID L5VL-KF2. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for John DRUMMOND, person ID LYNN-31N. (Reliability: 3).