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THE
GENEALOGIE
OF THE
MOST NOBLE AND ANCIENT
HOUSE OF DRUMMOND
CONTAINEING
A TRUE ACCOMPT OF THE ORIGINAL EXTRACTIONE,
THE OFSPRING, AND ALLAYES OF THAT FAMILY,
DEDUCED FROM THE FIRST OF THAT NAME
ANE HUNGARIAN GENTLEMAN,
AND CONTINOWED TO THE PRESENT AGE.
BY A FREIND TO VERTUE AND THE FAMILY.
The memory of the Just is bluTed : bot the name of the Wicked shall rot. Pitov. 10. 7.
Stemmata quid faciunt ? quid prodest, Pontice, longo
Sanguine cenferi Juven.
Satiu3 est me meis rebus gestis florere, quam majorum opinione niti, et ita vivere ut fim posteris
nobilitatis et virtutis exemplum. Cicero.
COLLECTED IN THE YEAR 1681.
Nobility is that which cannot be bought, for it confists in a high defcent and undegenerat race
of Ancient Worthies, more adorned with eminent vertues than riches or outward pomp.
Hathornden in Epist. ad Com. Perth.

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DescriptionA reproduction of the title-page of the 1681 edition.
Genealogy of the most noble and ancient House of Drummond
DescriptionEdinburgh: Printed by A. Balfour and Co., 1831. Contains a reproduction of the title-page of the 1681 edition. Appendix: no. 1. Historie of the familie of Perth by William Drummond of Hawthornden ... no. 2. Notes on Lord Strathallan's genealogie of the house of Drummond.
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DescriptionA selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916.