Earl of Perth

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The title Earl of Perth was created in 1605 for James Drummond.

The fourth Earl of Perth was attained for supporting the Jacobite movement. He and his successors, the titular Dukes of Perth, nonetheless claimed the earldom. Upon the extinction of the titular dukedom with the death of the sixth Duke, the claim to the earldom of Perth passed to the second Duke of Melfort, another holder of a titular dukedom. In 1853, the sixth titular Duke of Melfort, George Drummond, was by Act of Parliament deemed Earl of Perth, and the previous attainder was reversed. Drummond also dropped the use of the nominal dukedom of Melfort. At his death in 1902, several titles held by him, such as the Earldom of Melfort, became dormant because no-one could prove a claim to the title.

The subsidiary titles held by the Earl of Perth are: Viscount Strathallan (created 1686), Lord Drummond of Cargill (1488), Lord Drummond of Stobhall (1605), Lord Maderty (1609) and Lord Drummond of Cromlix (1686). The title Viscount Strathallan is the courtesy title for the Earl's eldest son and heir. All titles are in the Peerage of Scotland.

The family seat is Stobhall, near Perth, Scotland.