Melfort: a Jacobite connoisseur. (John Drummond, Duke of Melfort) From: History Today | Date: October 1, 1995| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1995 History Today Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

John Drummond, Duke of Melfort, was a Catholic who actively participated in the exiled Jacobite court of England. Historians have little good to say about his political role, but he amassed two incredible art collections. His first collection was confiscated. He introduced Italian art to the Stuarts.

John Drummond, Duke of Melfort, has traditionally been regarded by Whig historians as the epitome of the evil Jacobite. Even the so-called revisionist Jacobite historians have found few words of praise to give him. For them he was the councillor who helped bring about the fall of James II, ...

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