John Drummond, 12th of Lennoch, 5th of Megginch (18 October 1754 – 13 May 1835), was a Scottish politician who served as MP for

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Early life

Drummond was born on 18 October 1754. He was the eldest son of the former Katherine Oliphant and

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, a Scottish merchant who relocated his family to

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. Among his siblings were Elizabeth Drummond (wife of

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), Robert Drummond, 6th of Megginch (a Captain of an

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ship trading with the

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), Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, 7th of Megginch (who married Lady Charlotte Murray, eldest daughter of the 4th Duke of Atholl), and Gen. Sir

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(who married Margaret Russell, daughter of William Russell of

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). His paternal grandparents were John Drummond, 10th of Lennoch, 3rd of Megginch, and the former Bethia

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. His uncle, Adam Drummond, married Lady Catherine Powlett (a daughter of the 4th Duke of Bolton), and his aunt, Jean Drummond, married

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and, after his death,

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(a younger son of the 2nd Duke of Gordon). His maternal grandparents were Robert Oliphant of Rossie and Jean Colville. His uncle, Robert Oliphant, was

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, and his aunt, Jane Oliphant, was the second wife of

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. Drummond was educated at

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in 1765 before relocating to Canada with his father. In 1780, four years after his father's death in 1776, his family left Quebec and returned to Scotland.

Career

Upon the death of his father in 1776, John succeeded him on the Legislative Council of the Province of Quebec and was appointed a deputy

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, deputy Paymaster General to the Forces. He obtained a leave of absence in August 1779 before resigning his office as deputy Commissary General in April 1781. He continued to serve as deputy Paymaster until June 1782. Upon the death of his uncle Adam Drummond on 17 June 1786, as his uncle died without issue, the family estates passed to John. In addition, he took over his seat as MP for

. He stood for

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in 1790 but was defeated Shortly after his succession, he sold the Lennoch estate due to financial difficulties and, in 1795, disposed of

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to his brother, Capt. Robert Drummond of the

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, in fear of confiscation, who entailed it onto their next brother, Sir Adam Drummond.

Personal life

On 20 July 1788, he married Lady Susan Fane (1768–1795), daughter of

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and Lady Susan Gordon (a daughter of the 3rd Duke of Gordon). Together, they were the parents of: * John Drummond (1793–1875), a General in the

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who married Georgiana Augusta Finch, sister of George Finch of Burley, both illegitimate children of

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, in 1821. They resided at Boyce Court, near

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. * Susan Drummond (1794–1813), who married George Moore of Appleby Hall, Leicester. Lady Susan died in 1795. Drummond died on 13 May 1835.

Descendants

Through his son John, he was a grandfather of Georgiana Matilda Drummond (d. 1904), who married cricketer George Onslow Deane in 1852. They were the parents of Horace Drummond Deane (''later'' Deane-Drummond), of Dymock Grange and Boyce Court. Through his daughter Susan, he was a grandfather of George Moore (1811–1871); and Susan Drummond Moore (1812–1882), who married Edward Anthony Holden of

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in 1832.

References

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External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Drummond, John 1754 births 1835 deaths People educated at Westminster School, London Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies British MPs 1784–1790