Drummond Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Drummond

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Drummond history with Drummond Family Crest
Drummond Motto Translated
Suggested Readings for Drummond
Surname Notables

Clan Badge of Drummond

Septs of Drummond

About Family Crests

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Origins Available: German, Scottish

Where did the Scottish Drummond family come from? What is the Scottish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Drummond family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

The Scottish Drummond surname comes from the Gaelic word "drumainn," which means "a ridge," and is a habitational name derived from the name of any of the several various places so named.

Spelling variations of this family name include: Drummond, Drumond, Drummann (Gaelic) and others.

First found in Perthshire, where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Drummond who settled in Brunswick N.Carolina in 1775; Joseph Drummond settled in Virginia in 1738; Michael Drummond settled in Virginia in 1731; Daniel David, James, Jane, Sam UEL, William, all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1865.

Motto Translated: Go carefully.

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Suggested Readings for the name Drummond

James and Cecilia Drummond and Descendants by Everett William Drummond.

Some noteworthy people of the name Drummond

Jon Drummond, American athlete
William Drummond (1585-1649), Scottish poet
Dugald Drummond (1840-1912), Scottish steam locomotive engineer and designer
George Drummond (1687-1766), Scottish entrepreneur
Henry Drummond (1851-1897), Scottish evangelist theologian
Margaret Drummond (1472-1502), daughter of John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond and a mistress of King James IV of Scotland
Thomas Drummond (1797-1840), Scottish engineer and statesman
Henry Drummond (1786-1860), English banker, politician and writer, best known as one of the founders of the Catholic Apostolic or Irvingite Church
Sir James Eric Drummond (1876-1951), 16th Earl of Perth, first general secretary of the League of Nations
John Drummond, first Inspector of Native Police in Western Australia
Jon Drummond, Australian composer
Dame Edith Drummond,
General Sir William Drummond,

Drummond Clan Badge

A clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants of, a common ancestor. The word clan means simply children. The idea of the clan as a community is necessarily based around this idea of heredity and is most often ruled according to a patriarchal structure. For instance, the clan chief represented the hereditary "parent" of the entire clan. The most prominent example of this form of society is the Scottish Clan system...

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Septs of the Distinguished Name Drummond
Argill, Beg, Begg, Begge, Beggs, Breuer, Brewer, Brewestar, Brewester, Brewster, Brewyer, Broistair, Broistar, Broister, Broistir, Brostar, Broster, Brouer, Brougher, Broustair, Broustar, Brouster, Broustir, Brouwer, Brower, Browestar, Browester, Browstair, Browstar, Browster, Browyer, Bruer, Bruyer, Bruyere, Bueg, Caragle, Cargal, Cargale, Cargil, Cargile, Cargill, Cargille, Cargul, Cargyle, Carigle, Carnigil, Carnigill, Carragle, Carrigle, Cornigill and more.

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Drummond family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Drummond coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Drummond genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The Drummond Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Drummond Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.