John Drummond

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

Early life Drummond was born on 18 October 1754. Among his siblings were Elizabeth Drummond (wife of John Hervey, Lord Hervey), and his aunt, Jean Drummond, married James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl and, after his death, Lord Adam Gordon (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 Postmaster General for Scotland, and his aunt, Jane Oliphant, was the second wife of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun.

Drummond was educated at Westminster School in 1765 before relocating to Canada with his father.

Shortly after his succession, he sold the Lennoch estate due to financial difficulties and, in 1795, disposed of Megginch Castle to his brother, Capt. Robert Drummond of the East India Company, 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 John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland 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 British Army who married Georgiana Augusta Finch, sister of George Finch of Burley, both illegitimate children of George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea, in 1821. They resided at Boyce Court, near Dymock, Gloucestershire.

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 Aston-on-Trent in 1832.