John Drummond

John Drummond (1676 – 20 December 1742), of Quarrell, Stirling, was a Scottish banker, merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1742.

Career in the Netherlands

Drummond was the third son of George Drummond of Blair Drummond, Perthshire, and his wife Elizabeth Ramsay, daughter of Sir Gilbert Ramsay, 1st Baronet, from Bamff in Perthshire. There he met and befriended James Brydges (later Duke of Chandos), who assisted his career thereafter. After the Peace of Ryswick in 1697, he set up in partnership with a Dutchman, Jan van der Heiden and, for a time, their business in fine goods, coffee, tea, chocolate and wine prospered.