Early in this century the estate of Tullibardine was sold to Viscount Strathallan, who had married Amelia, daughter of the Duke of Atholl. Tullibardine thus became attached to the adjoining estate of Machany, long possessed by the Drummonds. The Laird of Machany and Viscount Strathallan were united first in William Drummond of Machany, who succeeded his cousin as fourth Viscount Strathallan. True to the traditions of his House and title, the fourth Viscount was a loyal and devoted Jacobite. He fought in 1715, and again in 1745, when he was killed at Culloden. After his death the penalty of his ill-fated zeal descended on his family. His wife Margaret, daughter of Lord Nairne, was taken prisoner, and kept in Edinburgh Castle from February to September, 1746; his son James, who had attended his father at Culloden, suffered attainder, and for many years the title was withheld. There was more caution in the character of Andrew Drummond, brother to the fourth Viscount, who founded the Charing Cross Bank in London. He lent large sums to the Government; but his family connexion brought him under a suspicion of double dealing, which Sir Robert Walpole was inclined to believe. Learning, however, that the suspicion was unfounded, Sir Robert sought to conciliate the Drummond by warmly offering to shake hands with him when they encountered one day in the King's drawing-room. But Mr Andrew, proof against blandishment no less than against suspicion, met the advance by holding his hands behind his back. The ancestral spirit shone again in Andrew John Drummond, who should have been seventh Viscount. He died in 1812, a General in the British Army. The forfeited title was restored in 1824 to his cousin, James Drummond, Esq. [1] Blind Harry's _Wallace_. Book iv., l. 309. For this and other references and much valuable assistance the writer is indebted to the kindness of A. G. Reid, Esq., Auchterarder. [2] Ib. Bk. v., l. 293. [3] Lindsay of Pitscottie's _History of Scotland_. Vol., p. 256. [4] _Brevarium Aberdonense Pars Hyemalis_. Fol. 164. [5] _Liber Insule Missarum_, pp. 4, 8, 18, 19. [6] Nisbet's _Heraldry_. Vol. II., app. 188. [7] _Chartulary of Cambuskenneth_. Walcot's _Scoto Monasticon_. [8] _Register of Kirk-Session of S. Andrews_. _Scot. Hist. Society_. [9] Thomson's _Scots Acts_, IV., 556. [10] _Liber Insule Missarum_, p. xxxiii. [11] This and the anecdote about Mr Andrew Drummond are given by the kindness of Viscountess Strathallan. THE ABBEY OF INCHAFFRAY By Rev. JAMES BROWN, M.A., Maderty