John Drummond, 10th of Lennoch

For other people named John Drummond, see John Drummond (disambiguation).

John Drummond (31 January 1713 – 17 June 1786),[1] 10th of Lennoch and 3rd of Megginch Castle in Perthshire, was a Scottish Member of Parliament.

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.[2]

Career

At the 1727 general election he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Perthshire, defeating the sitting MP Mungo Haldane.[3] 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.[2]

Drummond voted infrequently in the House of Commons, and retired from Parliament at the 1734 election.[2]

Personal life

In 1712 he married Bethia Murray, daughter of James Murray of Deucar. They had five sons and one daughter:[4]

His nickname was "Sir Francis Wronghead", after a character in the play The Provoked Husband.[2]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick, ed. "DRUMMOND, John (d.1752), of Megginch, Perth". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick, ed. "Perthshire". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Burke, Sir Bernard (1853). Index to Burke's dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Colburn and Company. p. 109. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  5.  Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1894). "Murray, James (1690-1764)". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Mungo Haldane
Member of Parliament for Perthshire
1727 1734
Succeeded by
Lord John Murray


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