[214] The title of Duke was afterwards assumed by the young chief of the House of Drummond, and was given to him by the Jacobites generally; but, in consequence of his father's attainder, and the forfeiture of his title, he was, in the eye of the law, simply a commoner. Hence he is described by Home as "James Drummond, commonly called Duke of Perth, his father having been so created by James the Second at St. Germains." The right of the Duke to this dignity was at that time, and it still is, recognised in France. Without entering into the merits of the question of right, and to prevent confusion, it is therefore expedient to designate this Jacobite nobleman by the name usually assigned to him in his own time. [215] Forbes's Jacobite Memoirs, p. 296. [216] Wood's Peerage. [217] Curious Collection of Scottish Songs; Aberdeen, 1821. [218] Henderson, History of the Rebellion of '45, p. 19. 1753 [219] Memoirs of Lochiell, p. 30. [220] History of the Rebellion, p. 35. [221] Lord Elcho's Narrative, MS. [222] See the History of the Rebellion, by Rae; and the Cochrane Correspondence. [223] Maculloch's Highlands. [224] Forbes's Jacobite Memoirs, p. 17. [225] Henderson, p. 30. [226] Henderson, p. 30. [227] Chambers' History of the Rebellion; Edit. for the People; p. 19. [228] "History of the Present Rebellion in Scotland, 1745. From the relation of Mr. James Macpherson, who was first in the service of the Rebels." In contradiction to this statement, to which Macpherson adds, that the Chevalier attended Mass daily, the testimony of one of the daily papers (the Caledonian Mercury) may be given, as inserted by Mr. Chambers in his very interesting History of the Rebellion of 1745. The Prince visited an Episcopal chapel; the name of the clergyman, Armstrong, and the text, Isaiah xiv. 12, are specified. It was the first Protestant place of worship that the Prince had ever attended. Hist. of the Rebellion, p. 21. [229] History of the Present Rebellion, p. 19.--It is remarkable that two Histories of the two rebellions were composed by men who had changed sides. That of 1715 by Patten, who was rewarded for his disclosures, as King's evidence, by a pension. What reward was bestowed on Mr. James Macpherson does not yet appear. [230] History of the Present Rebellion, p. 26. [231] Notes and Observations taken from MSS. in the possession of A. Macdonald, Esq., Register Office, Edinburgh. [232] Lord Elcho's MS. [233] In Exeter House, Derby, there is a portrait of Prince Charles, painted by Wright of Derby, in which the eyes are hazel. That in the Earl of Newburgh's possession, at Hassop, has blue eyes. [234] Henderson, p. 51. Home, p. 100. [235] Home, 101. Alexander Henderson. [236] Lord Elcho's Narrative, MS. [237] Henderson, p. 84. [238] Henderson, p. 88.