John Drummond (died 1752), 10th of Lennoch and 3rd of

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, was a Scottish Member of Parliament.

Early life

He was the oldest son of Adam Drummond, 9th of Lennoch (1649–1709), and his wife Alison Hay, daughter of John Hay of Haystoun. His father was a member of the Scottish Parliament and a member of the

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. His brother Adam Drummond, a surgeon-apothecary in Edinburgh became (jointly) the first Professor of Anatomy at the

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Career

At the 1727 general election he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

, defeating the sitting MP Mungo Haldane. The election was closely fought, and was decided by a circle centred on

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, 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 in Yarrow Selkirkshire. She was a daughter of James Murray of Deuchar and a descendant of the Murrays of Philiphaugh. Together, they had five sons and one daughter: * Adam Drummond (1713–1786), an Army officer, and an MP for most of the years 1761–84; he married Lady Catherine Powlett, daughter of

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, in 1734. * Patrick Drummond, who died before his parents. * Francis Drummond, who died before his parents. * John Drummond, who died before his parents. *

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), in 1754. * Jean Drummond (1725–1795), who married

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in 1749, after the death of the Duke's first wife. After his death she married

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, son of

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, in 1767. His nickname was "Sir Francis Wronghead", after a character in the play ''

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''. Drummond died in 1752 and was succeeded by his eldest son,

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. Upon his death, without surviving issue, in 1786, the titles passed to the 10th's grandson, John Drummond (eldest son of his son

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Descendants

Through his son Colin, he was a grandfather of ten, including John Drummond (1754–1835), MP for

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; Elizabeth Drummond (1758–1818), wife of

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; Gen.

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(1772–1854), and Adm. Sir Adam Drummond KCH (1770–1849), who bought Megginch Castle from his older brother, Robert Drummond (b. 1754), a Captain of an

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ship trading with the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Drummond, John Year of birth unknown 1752 deaths People from Perthshire Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies British MPs 1727–1734