and Baron de Valrose (his great-grandfather the 2nd Duke of Melfort had been married in 1707 to Marie Gabrielle d'Audebert, widow of the Duke of Albemarle and only daughter of Jean d'Audebert, Comte de Lussan). The titular 6th Duke of Melfort proved to the incumbent British authorities his descent from the 1st Earl of Melfort in 1848, and by a reversal of his ancestors' attainder on 28 June 1853 became 5th Earl of Perth and Lord Drummond of Stobhall, Earl of Melfort, Viscount of Forth and Lord Drummond of Riccartoun, Castlemains and Gilstoun, Viscount of Melfort and Lord Drummond of Gillestoun and Lord Drummond of Cargill. He died on 28 February 1902, when the Melfort titles became dormant or extinct and the Perth titles passed to the Viscount of Strathallan. Viscounts (1685), Earls (1686) and titular Dukes (1692) of Melfort John Drummond, 1st Duke of Melfort (1650–1714), attainted 1695 John Drummond, 2nd Duke of Melfort (1682–1754) James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Melfort (1708–1766) James Louis Drummond, 4th Duke of Melfort (1750–1800) Charles Edouard Drummond, 5th Duke of Melfort (1752–1840) George Drummond, 5th Earl of Perth (1807–1902), restored 1853 Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland Dormant earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland Noble titles created in 1686