Clan Drummond

Clan Drummond
	Begg, Brewer, Cargill, Doig, Grewar, Gruer, Maccrouther, Macgrewar, Macgrowther, Macgruder, Macgruther, MacRobbie

Chief
;
John Eric Drummond
9th Earl of Perth
Seat	Stobhall
Historic seat	Drummond Castle

Clan Drummond
coat of arms
	Motto : Gang Warily ("Walk carefully")
portrait
region	Highlands
district	Perthshire
Plant badge	Wild thyme, holly
Piece of music for bagpipes	The Duke of Perth's March
Gaelic names	Druimeanach

Clan branches
Drummond of Strathallan (chiefs) Drummond of Perth (extinct) Drummond of Melfort (extinct)

Affiliated clans
Clan Campbell

Rival clans
Clan Murray

Drummond is the name of a Scottish clan that originated in Drymen in Stirlingshire .

history

The family probably first came to some importance in the 12th century as allies of the Mormaer of Menteith and acquired the hereditary offices of Thane of Lennox and Steward of Menteith and Strathearn .

After the Battle of Bannockburn , where Sir Malcolm Drummond had supported the victorious Robert the Bruce , the latter rewarded him with lands in Perthshire . Two of the Drummond's wives, known for their beauty, were married to Scottish kings, Margaret Drummond to David II and Annabella Drummond to Robert III.

With Sir John Drummond, of Cargill (1438-1519) was raised on January 29, 1488 as Lord Drummond (of Cargill) for the first time a family member to the peer . All later peers descend from him.

Politically, the members of the clan were loyal to Maria Stuart and the exiled James II , for which they were rewarded with Jacobite dukedoms (Duke of Perth and Duke of Melfort), and fought on the Jacobite side in the Jacobite uprisings of 1715 and 1745. In Great Britain they were stripped of their titles of nobility, which members of the family were able to regain in the middle of the 19th century.

Clan Chief of Clan Drummond is the oldest Agnat , who has held the title of Earl of Perth since 1605 . The family's headquarters are in Stobhall near Perth .

The Drummonds' motto is Gang Warily ("Walk carefully").