Family History
Maurice, a Hungarian and first of the Drummonds is reputed to have arrived in Scotland from Hungary in 1068 with Margaret, sister of Edgar Atheling, to marry Malcolm Canmore who had killed MacBeth and restored his family to the throne of Scotland. Maurice was the captain of Saint Margaret’s ships and grandson of Andrew King of Hungary. He was given lands in Stirlingshire near Drymen, hence the family name Drummond. The red and yellow wavy lines on the family crest supposedly signify the waves of the sea crossing.
The first Cadland House, Henry Holland, Capability Brown 1770s
HON. ANDREW DRUMMOND FOUNDER OF DRUMMONDS BANK, ZOFFANY
DRUMMOND CASTLE
DRUMMOND FAMILY TREE
The Drummond family flourished and in the fourteenth century, produced two Scottish Queens, wives of David II and Robert III. and from there a steady progression up the ranks until by the end of the 17th Century the two brothers James, Earl of Perth and John, Earl of Melfort were virtually running Scotland and became Jacobite Dukes at the Court in exile of James II at Paris St Germain.The departure of the Stuart Kings in 1688 saw a rapid decline in the family fortunes; William, Viscount Strathallan was killed commanding the Scottish Horse at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 fighting for Bonnie Prince Charlie. His son Robert, acquired Cadland 25 years later, arrived in London penniless, having escaped with the last horse from his dead fathers stable before the Red Coats burnt them out and expropriated the Estates.
The Drummonds have lived on the Solent shore for 249 years
Robert joined his Uncle Andrew at Drummonds Bank, founded in 1717, where he prospered making his fortune funding the British campaign against the Americans in their war of Independence. This enabled Robert to return to the style to which he had once been accustomed. He acquired Cadland in 1772, commissioning Henry Holland to build his new Seat and Capability Brown for its Park. The Bank was sold to the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1924.
The Drummonds have now lived on the Solent shore for 249 years, though Cadland has only passed through 7 generations, with the current incumbent's grandfather being too old to fight in WWI and his great grandfather taking part in the last British naval battle, fought entirely under sail.
Beautiful ancient maps of old Cadland Parklands
ALDRED & FIONA DRUMMOND WITH THEIR CHILDREN LASZLO, MELINKA AND DAPHNE.
Aldred and Fiona live at Cadland with their young family, and are involved in every aspect of the Estate's many varied businesses, working hard to ensure security and longevity for the next generations to come.