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About Alexander Irvine 17th Laird of Drum
Alexander Irvine of Drum joined Prince Charles Edward in his attempt to regain the crown of his fathers in 1745; was fortunate enough to escape from the rout of Culloden, and from forfeiture, by the grand jury twice throwing out the bills for treason sent to them.
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Alexander Irvine, 17th of Drum
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17-This Alexander (1711-1761) was the 7th child of Alexander Irvine of Crimond, who succeeded to Drum in 1737, as the 16th Laird on the death of the 15th Laird in 1644. There were two older brothers; Thomas – born in 1699 and died in 1701 – and James N. Irvine, the sixth child born in 1709.
He married Mary Ogilvie.
James, who would normally have inherited the lands and titles of Drum, married without his father’s permission and emigrated to the New World about 1739. As a result, it appears that he was disowned, disinherited and declared dead by his father – not an unheard-of action of the time by a disapproving father.
The Jacobite uprising came about within a year of his becoming the 17th Laird. It was led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie). In October of that year, Alexander, then aged 34 and unmarried, joined a group of local landowners under the command of Lord Pitsligo, and set off for Edinburgh, where they joined the Jacobite army just after it had won the battle of Prestonpans. He was accompanied by two servants, James Buchan and James Adamson.
He accompanied the Jacobite army into England and was present on its taking of Carlisle, Manchester and Derby. On the long march back into Scotland during the winter of 1746, Alexander fought at the battle of Falkirk in January, where he was wounded in his leg. However, this did not prevent him making his way to Inverness in time to be present at the Battle of Culloden.
After Culloden Alexander was able to elude the Redcoats and make his way back to Drum. There his sister, with great presence of mind and courage, managed to misdirect the soldiers and hide him in a secret room in the tower, and thus save him from being captured.
Two of his servants, Adamson and Buchan, were also at Culloden and returned safely, the former with a “portmanteau heavy with horse nails,” although his neighbors believed it more likely to be rich spoil from the battlefield. Both were pardoned and settled on Drum Estate on local farms.
Other Irvines who fought with the Jacobites were: Adam Irvine of Bruckley – no record of his fate; William Irvine – no record of him after Culloden; Alexander Irvine, a laborer at Focckabers estate, was captured at Carlisle, turned state’s evidence and was pardoned; Alexander of Aberdeen, who was captured at Carlisle and is thought to have died in prison; Alexander Irvine, a servant to a local noble, was killed at Culloden; William Irvine, a laborer at the Ruthven Estate – no record of his fate, and John Irvine, a deserter from Ligonier’s, was captured and executed January1, 1746. One of Alexander’s uncles, Alexander Thompson of Feichfield, also fought at Culloden and survived.
In the years following the failure of the Jacobite rising, the English Crown raised several legal actions against those suspected of Jacobite support. Many supporters suffered imprisonment and forfeiture of their property. In October 1748, the Court of Judiciary met to consider bills of indictment against several persons who had not already been convicted, and who had been exempted from the act of indemnity. On the 14th of October the grand jury chose to ignore the bill for high treason submitted to them against Alexander Irvine of Drum. It is said that this indictment failed because it was in the name of Alexander Irvine of Drum, whereas witnesses called, denied having any knowledge of Alexander Irvine of Drum, stating that they only knew the defendant as the Laird of Drum. On such a legal technicality, Alexander escaped indictment.
Alexander married in 1751, had six children and died at Drum “after a tedious sickness” on February 9, 1761. He was described as “a gentleman universally loved.” His sister, Miss Mary Irvine, the heroine of the story, never married and died in November 1813, at age 92. Portraits of Alexander and Miss Mary Irvine currently hang in the great hall of Drum.
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Alexander Irvine, 17th of Drum
M, #486058, d. 1761
Last Edited=30 Apr 2016
Alexander Irvine, 17th of Drum was the son of Alexander Irvine, 4th of Artamford and 16th of Drum and Isabel Thomson.2 He married Mary Ogilvie, daughter of James Ogilvie, 2nd of Auchiries and Margaret Strachan, in 1751.1 He died in 1761.1
In 1745 he was Jacobite, but acquitted twice of treason.1
Children of Alexander Irvine, 17th of Drum and Mary Ogilvie
1. Rebecca Irvine+3
2. Alexander Irvine, 18th of Drum+2 b. 1754, d. 1849
Citations
[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2063. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] [S37] BP2003. [S37]
[S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.
- Reference: The PEERAGE A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe
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Alexander Irvine 17th Laird of Drum's Timeline
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June 24, 1711
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Crimond, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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| 1752 |
1752
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Drum, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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| 1753 |
June 24, 1753
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Drumoak, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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| 1754 |
October 4, 1754
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| 1756 |
April 20, 1756
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December 27, 1757
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| 1759 |
March 18, 1759
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| 1761 |
February 9, 1761
Age 49
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Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
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