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John Drummond, 10th of Lennoch

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John Drummond (31 January 1713 – 17 June 1786), 10th of Lennoch and 3rd of Megginch Castle in Perthshire, was a Scottish Member of Parliament.

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He was the oldest son of Adam Drummond of Megginch and his wife Alison, daughter of John Hay of Haystoun. His father was a member of the Privy Council of Scotland.

Career

At the 1727 general election he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Perthshire, defeating the sitting MP Mungo Haldane. The election was closely fought, and was decided by a circle centred on Robert Craigie, who chose Drummond, the favoured candidate of the 2nd Duke of Atholl.

Drummond voted infrequently in the House of Commons, and retired from Parliament at the 1734 election.

Personal life

In 1712 he married Bethia Murray, daughter of James Murray of Deucar. They had five sons and one daughter:

  • Adam (1713–1786), an army officer, and an MP for most of the years 1761–84
  • Patrick, Francis and John died before their parents
  • Collin, born 1722, who had ten children, including John (1754–1835, MP for Shaftesbury); General Gordon Drummond (1772–1854), and Adam, who inhrerited Megginch Castle
  • Jean married the 2nd Duke of Atholl in 1749, after the death of the Duke's first wife. After the Duke's death she remarried, to Lord Adam Gordon

    • His nickname was "Sir Francis Wronghead", after a character in the play The Provoked Husband.

    References

    John Drummond, 10th of Lennoch Wikipedia
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