Genealogy of the most noble and ancient House of Drummond

THE HOUSE OF DRUMMOND. 113
The Family of Blair Drummond.
Walter Drummond of Ledcreefe, the youngeft lone of Sir Walter Drummonds
Drummond of Cargill, was the firft of the Drummonds of the familie milie.
of Newton of Blair ; of whom all of that houfe are defcended in a right
line. There is a charter of the lands of Ledcreefe, granted by John
Lord Drummond in the year 1486 to this Walter, wherein he calls i486,
him Walter Drummond, our deareft uncle. This Walter left tuo
fones, John, who fucceeded, and James ; of whom I find a commif-
fion by Malcolm Drummond of Cargill, the fone of Sir Walter, con-
ftituteing them, to wit, John of Drummond and James of Drummond,
his loveing nevoys, to be his bay lie deputs, dated anno 1447. 1447.
2. John Drummond, the fone of Walter, fucceeded ; he was called
John of Flifkhill and Ledcreefe. I neither find, who was his mother,
whom he married, nor any accompt of his brother James ; only that
John had a fone, who fucceeded to him, called George Drummond.
3. George Drummond, the fone of John, fucceeded, who appear-
antly purchafed the lands of Newton of Blair, for he is the firft whom
we underftand to have been ftyled George Drummond of Blair. He
married Jannet Halyburton of Buttergafk ; Ihe had to him tuo fones,
George, who fucceeded, and William Drummonds. George Drum-
mond the father, and William his youngeft fone, were both treacher-
oufly killed together at an unhappy rencounter by the
upon the 3d of June 1554 ; bot moft of them 1554
that were prefent or guilty of the Slaughter were either brought to
publick execution, or by theire fubmiffions and fatiffactions made
theire peace with the parties wronged, as appeares by theire applica-
tions extant.
4. George Drummond, the eldeft fone of the laft George, commonly
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