John Drummond, 8th Earl of Perth

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John David Drummond, 17th Earl of Perth (1907-2002) was a Scottish peer, banker and politician.

Nephew of the fifteenth Earl of Perth and son of the 16th Earl, he was educated at Downside School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

After beginning a banking career, in the Second World War he went to Paris to help Noel Coward in a propaganda office, then returned to London to work in the War Cabinet office and later at the Ministry of Production.

After the war he joined Schroders. In 1956 he was appointed Minister of State for Colonial Affairs in Harold Macmillan's government.

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Eric Drummond	Earl of Perth 1951-2002	Succeeded by John Drummond