Adam Drummond (31 January 1713-17 June 1786), of Lennoch and Megginch in Perthshire, was a Scottish merchant, banker and Member of Parliament. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Perthshire ( Siorrachd Pheairt in Gaelic) officially the County of Perth, is a Registration county in central Scotland. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament.
Drummond was the eldest son of John Drummond, a Member of Parliament related to the banking family that owned Drummonds Bank. Drummonds (motto Prius Mori Quam Fidem Fallere) is an English private banking house founded in 1717 by Goldsmith Andrew Drummond (1688–1769 He was educated at Leyden University, and after briefly studying law joined the army in 1739, being commissioned as lieutenant in the 47th Regiment of Foot in 1741 and promoted to Captain in 1745. Leiden University (Universiteit Leiden located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest University in The Netherlands. Year 1739 ( MDCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The 47th (Lancashire Regiment of Foot was a Regiment of the British Army. In this capacity he served against the Jacobite Rebellion at the Battle of Prestonpans, where he was captured. The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings rebellions and wars in the kingdoms of England, Kingdom of Scotland (later the United Kingdom of Great Britain The Battle of Prestonpans was the first significant conflict in the second Jacobite Rising. He later served in North America, but was put on half-pay in 1753 and retired from the army in 1756 and set up as a merchant. Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
On 4 February 1755, Drummond married Catherine Ashe, widow of William Ashe, MP and daughter of the 4th Duke of Bolton. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Year 1755 ( MDCCLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Harry Powlett 4th Duke of Bolton PC ( 24 July 1691 – 9 October 1759) was a British nobleman and Whig politician the The Bolton family controlled a number of pocket boroughs, and at the next general election (in 1761) Drummond entered Parliament as member for Lymington. The term "rotten" or "decayed" borough referred to a parliamentary borough or Constituency in Great Britain and Ireland Summary of the Constituencies See British general election 1796 for details Lymington was a Parliamentary borough in Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs to the House of Commons from 1584 Although the Duke of Bolton went into opposition after the election, Drummond supported the government, and in 1764 was rewarded when in partnership with Sir Samuel Fludyer he was awarded the lucrative contract for victualling the British troops in North America. Charles Powlett 5th Duke of Bolton, KCB, PC (c 1718 &ndash 5 July 1765, London) was a British soldier nobleman and Whig Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sir Samuel Fludyer 1st Baronet (c 1704 - 18 January 1768) of Lee Place in Kent, was an English merchant and banker who served as a Member Later the same year, Drummond, Fludyer and Anthony Bacon secured a 30-year lease of all the coal on Cape Breton Island and in 1767 he acquired a large land grant in St John's Island (now Prince Edward Island). Cape Breton Island ( French: île du Cap-Breton - formerly île Royale, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn, Prince Edward Island (ˌprɪns ˌɛdwɚd ˈaɪlɨnd ( PEI or P Further profitable contracts followed and, unlike his partner Fludyer, Drummond was able to retain or renew them as governments changed by remaining loyal to whichever administration was in power and helped by the influence of his noble brother-in-law.
Drummond was a partner in the Bank of Ayr, which crashed disastrously in 1772, but his fortune survived. Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In 1775 Thomas Coutts took him into partnership, despite misgivings at his having been involved in the Ayr Bank collapse, but eventually had second thoughts and asked him to resign the partnership in 1780. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Coutts ( September 7, 1735 - February 24, 1822) Anglo - Scottish banker was the founder of the banking house of Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
He died in 1786. His heir was his nephew, John Drummond, who also succeeded him as MP for Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury was a parliamentary constituency in Dorset. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament
References
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- Lewis Namier & John Brooke, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754-1790 (London: HMSO, 1964)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Harry Burrard Lord Harry Powlett |
Member of Parliament for Lymington with Sir Harry Burrard 1761–1768 |
Succeeded by Sir Harry Burrard Hugo Meynell |
| Preceded by Humphrey Mackworth Praed Charles Hotham |
Member of Parliament for St Ives with Thomas Durrant 1768-1774 William Praed 1774-1775 Thomas Wynn 1775-1778 1768–1778 |
Succeeded by Thomas Wynn Philip Dehany |
| Preceded by Thomas Lyon |
Member of Parliament for Aberdeen Burghs 1779–1784 |
Succeeded by Sir David Carnegie |
| Preceded by Hans Winthrop Mortimer Francis Sykes |
Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury with Hans Winthrop Mortimer 1784–1786 |
Succeeded by Hans Winthrop Mortimer John Drummond |
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