Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAlexander Irvine , 11th Laird of Drum 
Birthabt 1618, Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland
Death1687, Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland
FatherAlexander Irvine , 10th Laird of Drum (1596-1658)
MotherLady Magdalene Scrymgeour (~1598-)
Misc. Notes
Alexander, 10th Laird of Drum, his brother Robert Irvine of Fedderet, and as well as his two oldest sons, Alexander and Robert, were imprisoned at Edinburgh Castle several times. Robert died in the dungeons. He had escaped the Covenanters in Scotland by going to County Antrim in Ulster, and while there married Elizabeth Wylie. A few months later he returned to Scotland to join the forces being raised in support of the King by Alexander, his older brother. Robert was soon captured by the Covenanters, however, and died on February 4, 1645 in Tolbooth Prison in Edinburgh (torn down in 1817). David, his son, was born while he was in prison, but he never saw him.
The Laird's eldest son Alexander, near death, was set free after Montrose's victory over the Covenanters at the Battle of Kilsyth in August 1645. Tradition has it that after he recovered he joined Montrose’s army and continued the fight against the Covenanters. He survived the war and married Lady Mary Gordon in 1643. He succeeded his father as the eleventh Laird of Drum when the elder died in 1657.
The Laird's eldest son Alexander, near death, was set free after Montrose's victory over the Covenanters at the Battle of Kilsyth in August 1645. Tradition has it that after he recovered he joined Montrose’s army and continued the fight against the Covenanters. He survived the war and married Lady Mary Gordon in 1643. He succeeded his father as the eleventh Laird of Drum when the elder died in 1657.