Genealogical memoir of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond

106 Genealogical Memoir sect. iv.
FAMILY of MACHANY, now STRATHALLAN.
1. SIR JAMES DRUMMOND,
1 st OF MAC 11 A NY,
Flourished about 1646.
Sir James Drummond, knight of Machany, second
son of James, first Lord Madderty, and uncle of WuV
liam, first viscount of Strathallan, was the first of the
house of Machany. In 1(546, he got a charter, under
the great seal, from Charles I, Jacolo Drummond de
Machany, terrarum laronia de Luncardie. In the un-
happy confusions that terminated in the death of that
monarch, he was steadily attached to the royal family,
and was one of the colonels of the Perth-shire regiment
of foot, in the army raised by the parliament of Scotland,
in defence, and for the relief of the king, in 1648, of
which the duke of Hamilton got the command.
He married Catharine Hamilton, sister of the first Lord
Bargeny, by whom he had eight sons and one daughter.
1 . Sir James, who succeeded.
2. Captain John Drummond, a brave and gallant offi-
cer, killed at the storming of Newcastle in 1641.
3. Colonel Andrew Drummond, also an officer in the
king's army, who died without issue.
4. Patrick. 5. George. 6. David. 7. William. 8.
Thomas, who all died young in the wars.
9. Catharine Drummond, married to Alexander Ro-
bertson, 3 d of Strowan, Esq. to whom she bore a
son Robert, who died before his father, without is-
sue j and one daughter, married to Hugh, son of
Sir James Macdonald of Slate.
He died before the Restoration, and was succeeded by
his eldest son Sir James.