Genealogical memoir of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond

sect. vtt. Of John Drummond, Luke of Melfort. 1 87
2. Lord Lewis Drummond, a general in the French
service.
3. Lord John Drummond, a general in the Polish
service.
He died in 1 752, and was succeeded by his eldest son
James.
III. James Drummond, the third duke of Melfort,
enjoyed a considerable estate in Languedoc, and married
Marie de Berenger, by whom he had four sons and two
daughters.
1. James Lewis Drummond, marquis of Forth, who
succeeded.
2. Lord Charles Edward Drummond, who succeeded
on his brother's death.
3. Lord Henry Benedict Drummond, a priest.
4. Lord Maurice Drummond.
5. Laciy Mary-Cecilia-Henrietta Drummond.
6. Lady Emilia Felicitas.
IV. James Lewis Drummond, the fourth duke of
Meliort, was born in 1721. He was a lieutenant-ge-
neral in the service of his most Christian Majesty, and
a knight commander of the royal and military order of
S l . Louis. He died without issue, at his seat at Yvoy-
le-Pre in France, in \7*$, in the 67th year of his age,
and was succeeded in the titles by his brother Charles-
Edward. When the late Revolutiun in France over-
turned the ancient established usages of that kingdom,
the family of the duke of Melfort shared in the common
calamity, and were dispersed into different countries.
IV. Charles Edward Drummond succeeded to his bro-
ther, as fifth duke oi Melfort — and having taken refuge
m Britain, at the French Revolution, he was naturalized
as a British subject, and has, of late, assumed the cha-