Henry Home-Drummond
Henry Home-Drummond (1783–12 September 1867) was a Scottish politician.
Home-Drummond was called to the Scottish Bar in 1808, and later served as Vice-Lieutenant of Perthshire. He sat as Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire from 1821 to 1831[1] and for Perthshire from 1840 to 1852.[2]
In 1833 his address is listed as 28 Princes Street in Edinburgh's New Town. His country seat is shown as Blair Drummond.[3]
Home-Drummond married Christian, eldest daughter of Charles Moray Stirling, in 1812; they had two sons and a daughter, the latter later to become Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl.
References
- Oliver & Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac and national repository for the year 1850. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1850
- K. D. Reynolds, Murray, Anne, duchess of Atholl (1814–1897), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Home-Drummond
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Charles Edmonstone, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire 1821–1831 |
Succeeded by William Ramsay |
| Preceded by Viscount Stormont |
Member of Parliament for Perthshire 1840–1852 |
Succeeded by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Bt |
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