The ring contains a lock of hair of Jacobite lieutenant-general James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth, who fled after Culloden and died on a ship to France.
A major new exhibition of Jacobite relics has opened in Scotland this summer.
Jacobite Clans at Perth Museum at Perth Museum and Art Gallery looks at how the risings tore apart both prominent families and ordinary families in the heart of Scotland and features many previously unseen items, many of them heirlooms.
This commemorative ring contains a lock of hair of James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth, who was a Lieutenant-General in the Jacobite Army and who died on a ship to France as he fled following Culloden. PIC: Culture Perth and Kinross.
your friend".[24] During the voyage to France there was an epidemic of fever on the ships and Perth, on board the Bellone, was among those who died, on 13 May: as the ships were not able to reach the coast, he was buried at sea.[25]
Letter by Jacobite leader Earl of Mar encouraging his friend to gather recruits and "make all your tenants rise to a man, as I have done, and give them no mercy should they refuse". PIC: Culture Perth and Kinross.
![This commemorative ring contains a lock of hair of James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth, who was a Lieutenant-General in the Jacobite Army and who died on a ship to France as he fled following Culloden. PIC: Culture Perth and Kinross.
your friend".[24] During the voyage to France there was an epidemic of fever on the ships and Perth, on board the Bellone, was among those who died, on 13 May: as the ships were not able to reach the coast, he was buried at sea.[25]](https://www.scotsman.com/webimg/legacy_elm_77702604.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&trim=&width=640&quality=65)
