Peerage Record – 2311

     George Drummond, 14th Earl of Perth was born on 6 May 1807.¹ He was the son of Léon Maurice Drummond and Marie Elizabeth Lucie de Longemarre.¹ He married, firstly, Albertine Charlotte Freiin von Rotberg, daughter of Friedrich August Freiherr von Rotberg and Pauline Waldner von Freundstein, on 19 May 1831.¹ He married, secondly, Susanna Henrietta Bermingham Sewell, daughter of Thomas Bermingham Daly Henry Sewell and Hon. Harriet Beresford, in 1847.² He died on 28 February 1902 at age 94.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in 1826 in the 93rd Highlanders.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Viscount of Melfort [S., 1685] on 9 April 1840.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Lord Drummond of Gillestoun [S., 1685] on 9 April 1840.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Earl of Melfort [S., 1686] on 9 April 1840.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Viscount of Forth [S., 1686] on 9 April 1840.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Lord Drummond of Riccartoun, Castlemains and Gilstoun [S., 1686] on 9 April 1840.¹ He succeeded as the Duke of Melfort [Jacobite, 1692] in 1841, following a judgement by the Conseil d’Etat and Tribunal, although this was contested in the House of Lords by Lady Willoughby de Eresby claiming the Drummond estates.¹ He gained the rank of Major between 1853 and 1859 in the Victoria Rifles.¹ He succeeded as the 14th Earl of Perth [S., 1605] on 28 June 1853.¹ He succeeded as the 18th Lord Drummond [S., 1488] on 28 June 1853.¹ On his death, his titles of 1685 and 1686 became extinct or dormant.¹

     Dorothy Rosalind Frances Black was the daughter of Sir Robert James Black, 1st Bt. and Ellen Cecilia La Touche.¹ She married Captain James Archibald Lochnell Campbell of Jura on 23 April 1914.¹ She died on 21 July 1973, leaving issue.¹
     From 23 April 1914, her married name became Campbell.¹

     Dr. John Robert Blyth Currie was born on 11 August 1933.¹ He is the son of Reginald Michael Currie and Marjorie Rhona Cecilia Black.¹ He married Viola Clare Mount, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir William Malcolm Mount, 2nd Bt. and Elizabeth Nance Llewellyn, on 20 August 1960.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.)² He graduated with a Diploma of Public Medicine (D.P.M.)³ He lived in 2003 at 6 Dakota Road, Claremont, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa^G.³

     Peter Thomas Blyth Currie was born on 5 June 1937.¹ He was the son of Reginald Michael Currie and Marjorie Rhona Cecilia Black.¹ He died on 8 April 2017 at age 79.²

     Brigadier Leonard Geoffrey Holmes is the son of Leonard Holmes.¹ He married Gladys Mary Black, daughter of Sir Robert James Black, 1st Bt. and Ellen Cecilia La Touche, on 6 April 1940.¹
     He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹

     Charlotte Mary Yea was the daughter of Sir William Walter Yea, 2nd Bt.¹ She married Cholmeley Charles William Dering, son of Sir Edward Dering, 7th Bt. and Anne Hale, on 30 July 1846.² She died on 5 April 1882.¹
     Her married name became Dering.

     Reverend John Freeman married Anne Stracey, daughter of Sir John Stracey and Mary Harding.¹
     He was Rector at Rackheath, Norfolk, England^G.¹ He was Rector at Lathom, Lancashire, England.¹

     Lt.-Col. Edgar William Wallace Dering was born on 15 August 1848.¹ He was the son of Cholmeley Charles William Dering and Charlotte Mary Yea.¹ He married Marianna Emily Harding, daughter of Thomas Goldie Harding, on 22 April 1879.¹ He died on 2 December 1894 at age 46.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers.¹

     Marianna Emily Harding was the daughter of Thomas Goldie Harding.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Edgar William Wallace Dering, son of Cholmeley Charles William Dering and Charlotte Mary Yea, on 22 April 1879.¹ She died on 16 August 1926.¹
     Her married name became Dering.

     Thomas Goldie Harding lived at Hallsannery, Devon, England^G.¹