DRUMMOND, John Earl of Melfort ^{1 2}

   User ID: M679.

John married Sophia LUNDIN, daughter of Robert MAITLAND and Margaret LUNDIE, on 30 April 1670.^{1 2} (Sophia LUNDIN was born about 1650.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret was succeeded by her daughter Sophia Lundin, who was married to John Drummond (later Earl of Melfort), the second son of James Drummond 3rd Earl of Perth. Their children would again take the name Lundin, but three generations later, the surname of Lundin was dropped for Drummond and Lundin was sold. The male descendants of the marriage of Sophia Lundin and John Drummond had become the heirs to the Earldom of Perth, and the sale of Lundin was required to pay the legal fees in obtaining the title and estates."

from lundie.org website




"Sophia, who succeeded to Lundin. On 30 April 1670 she was married to John Drummond, who in 1680 was created Earl of Melfort, by whom she had issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ^{1 2}