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Clan Drummond (Tartans, Crest) and The Story Behind

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Drummond

Gaelic Name: Drummann

Clan Crest: On a crest coronet Or, a goshhawk wings displayed Proper, armed and belled Or, jessed Gules

Clan Motto: Gang Warily

Origin of Name: Placename, Drymen

Clan Badge: Holly or Wild thyme

Lands: Perthshire

Clan Chief: The Right Honourable the Earl of Perth

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Drummond Clan History

Drymen parish is located west of Stirling. Drymen is derived from the Gaelic word for ridge or high ground, 'dromainn'. According to legend, a Hungarian admiral arrived in this area in 1067, escorting Edgar the Aetheling and his two sisters as they fled William the Conqueror. A descendant of the admiral known as Malcolm Beg (Little Malcolm) is recorded in 1225 as being Seneschal (Chamberlain) of the Lennox and taking the name Malcolm of Drymen.

R.R. McIan's 19th-century depiction of a Drummond clansman

Since then, the clan chief has been known as An Drumanach Mór, which translates as "The Great Man of Drymen." The Buchanans and the Highland Mores are also related to the Drymen.

Malcolm of Drummond, the son of Malcolm of Drymen, swore allegiance to England's Edward I but fought in the Wars of Independence and was twice captured by the English.

Before the Battle of Bannockburn, the third Malcolm of Drummond is credited with the use of caltrops, iron spikes used to injure horses. The influence they had on the English cavalry enabled the victory, and two caltrops are displayed as part of the Drummond's armorial bearings.

Robert the Bruce bestowed upon the Drummonds lands in Perthshire.

When John Drummond married its heiress Mary de Montfichet in 1345, the mediaeval Stobhall became the Drummond family's lands. When their daughter Annabella married Robert III, she became Queen of Scotland.

In 1487, John, 5th Chief of Cargill and Stobhall, became the first Lord Drummond. After assaulting Lord Lyon, King of Arms, he spent a year in confinement within Blackness Castle.

James IV had a crush on John's daughter Margaret. However, in 1502, she and her two sisters died under mysterious circumstances, possibly as a result of poisoning, and James IV instead married Margaret Tudor of England.

The Drummonds' property and titles were forfeited twice for their support of the Stewarts during the risings of 1715 and 1745. It wasn't until 1853 that the title of Earl of Perth and other forfeited titles were restored to George Drummond, who was also a Baron in the French peerage.

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Clan Drummond Individuals

Drummond, Annabella (1350-1401)

Through her marriage to Robert III, she became Queen of Scotland. James I's mother, along with six other children.

Drummond, Margaret (1472-1502)

Margaret Drummond, along with her sisters Sibilla and Euphemia, was allegedly poisoned in 1502. Her assassins were said to be nobles who knew James IV's crush on her would prevent him from marrying Margaret Tudor.

Further rumors suggested that, far from being his mistress since 1496, she was his wife, secretly married, and the mother of his daughter. A brass plate in Dunblane Cathedral commemorates her final resting place.

Drummond, William (1585-1649).

William Drummond, Laird of Hawthornden in 1609, was a member of the 'Castilean Band' of poets. 'Teares on the Death of Mellades,' the influential 'A Cypress Grove,' and the beautiful sonnet 'For the Baptist' are among his works written in English rather than his native Gaelic.

In preparation for King James' visit to Scotland in 1616, he published 'Poems, Amorous, Funereall, Divine, Pastoroll in Sonnets, Songs, Sextains, and Madrigals'. The Scottish Text Society published his complete works under the title 'The Poetical Works' in 1913.

Main image: George Drummond (1687-1766).

Fought against the Earl of Mar at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. Six times he was Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He formed the First or College Company in 1745 to keep the Jacobites out of Edinburgh. He established many projects to improve his city, such as the New Town, the North Bridge, and the Royal Infirmary.

Drummond, Thomas (1797-1840).

Drummond began working for the Ordinance Survey in 1820 after graduating from Edinburgh University in his hometown. He created an improved version of the Heliostat to help him with his work. He also discovered that burning lime in an oxygenated flame produced a bright white light.

His 'limelight' became a popular theater illumination.

In 1832, he was in charge of the commission that drew up the boundaries for parliamentary constituencies. In 1835, he was appointed Under Secretary for Ireland, and he died in Dublin a well-liked man. According to Thomas Drummond, "property has both duties and rights."

Drummond, James (1816-1877)

James Drummond was an artist who was passionate about his country and painted many scenes from Scottish history, putting in a lot of effort to get the details just right. His work, such as 'The Porteous Mob,' exhibited in 1855, and 'The Heart of Midlothian,' backed up his status as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He was appointed Director of the National Gallery of Scotland in 1868.

Clan Drummond Locations

Drummond Castle is located in Perthshire.

Drummond Castle was originally a tower house built around 1490 by John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond of Cargill. King Robert I granted Sir Malcolm Drummond the lands on which the castle was built after he distinguished himself at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.

Over the centuries, the stronghold has evolved from a tower house to a castle, and finally to the mansion house it is today, complete with magnificent terrace gardens designed by John Drummond, 2nd Earl of Perth, in the 1630s. Drummond Castle was sold by the Drummond family in the nineteenth century.

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Drummond of Strathallan is a Scottish nobleman.

Clan Drummond Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Drummond Coat of Arms

Worn by everyone with the same name and ancestry

Description of the Crest:

On a coronet's crest Proper, a goshhawk with wings displayed, armed and belled Or, jessed Gules

Coat of Arms of Clan Drummond

A word about Coats of Arms:

A coat of arms is granted to an individual under Scottish heraldic law (with the exception of civic or corporate arms). A 'family coat of arms' does not exist. With the exceptions noted above, the arms depicted below are personal arms. Only the person who has been granted these weapons has the right to use them.