Genealogical memoir of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond

To
His Royal Highness,
George- A ugustus-Frederick,
Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay-—Earl
of Chester and Carrick, Baron «f Renfrew — Lord of
the Isles— Prince and Great Steward of Scotland.
Sir,
To none, can the history of the house of
Drummond be more properly inscribed, than to your
Royal Highness, who derive from it your immediate de-
scent, and who possess, in an eminent degree, those vir-
tues and elegant accomplishments, for which its de-
scendants have been so long famed. From this family,
the Royal Houses of Stewart and of Hanover are lineal-
ly sprung. Mary, Queen of Scotland, was the sixth in
succession from Queen Annabella Drummond. Her
husband, Henry Lord Darnley, was the great-grandson
of Elizabeth Drummond. And Elizabeth, the Princess
Royal of Great Britain, the daughter of their only son
King James, who succeeded to the crowns of England
and Scotland, was grandmother to George I, the illus-
trious head of the House of Hanover, from whom the
family of your Royal Highness is directly descended.
Permit me, therefore, to request your acceptance of
a work, which records the genealogy of an ancient fa-
mily celebrated am ng the progenitors of your Royal
House, and of most of the houses of the Sovereigns of
Europe. In the family of your Royal Highness, may
the line of succession long continue to descend : and may
the virtues which ennobled its successive founders, still
distinguish your posterity to the latest age.
Permit me also, by this dedication, to testify my gra-