John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, styled Duke of Melfort in the Jacobite peerage, was a Scottish politician and close advisor to James VII & II. A Catholic convert, Melfort and his brother the Earl
c. 1668 portrait of Melfort
Drummond Castle and gardens
John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale; Drummond's marriage to his niece helped his political career
James Drummond, Earl of Perth, his elder brother and political ally, was arrested in 1688 and then sent into exile in 1694
Major-General George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton, KT was a Scottish military officer who spent much of his career in the service of King Louis XIV. In 1678, he returned to England; as a Catholic, h
John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort
…Thistle, a body intended to reward James' Scottish supporters, whose members included Catholics like Melfort, his elder brother the Earl of Perth, the Earl of Dumbarton, plus Protestants like the Earl of Arran. Two events in June 1688 turned opposition into open revolt; the birth of James Francis Edward on 10th created…
Portrait by Henri Gascar
William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton (1634-1694); Dumbarton's elder brother
The duel; a common practice of the period, Dumbarton was so badly injured in one that his death was reported in October 1669
The 1678 Battle of Saint-Denis which ended the Franco-Dutch War and Dumbarton's employment by Louis XIV