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William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan

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494:, and a son William, second viscount of Strathallan. The latter died 7 July 1702. Drummond's male line failed on the death of his grandson William, third viscount, 26 May 1711, at the age of 16. Drummond, who had "a great measure of knowledge and learning" (Burnet, i. 416), drew up in 1681 a valuable history of his family, a hundred copies of which were privately printed by David Laing, 4to, Edinburgh, 1831 (Lowndes, Bibl. Manual, ed. Bohn, ii. 677). A few of his letters to Glencairn, Tweeddale, Lauderdale, and Lady Lauderdale, are preserved among the Additional MSS. in the British Museum (Addit. MS. 4156; Index to Cat. of Additions to the MSS. 1854โ€“75, p. 447). 374: 281: 555: 25: 292:
to protest against putting the king to death, and he afterwards told Burnet that 'Cromwell had plainly the better of them at their own weapon, and upon their own principles' (Own Time, Oxford edition, i. 71โ€“3). After witnessing the preparations for the execution of the king, the next day he joined
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the following year he was nominated lieutenant-general of the forces in Scotland, and a lord of the treasury. In April 1684, on the resignation of his brother David, third baron Maderty, 'to save expenses,โ€™ he succeeded to that title (Lauder, Historical Notices, Bannatyne Club, ii. 535), and was
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In January 1666 the king appointed him major-general of the forces in Scotland, with a seat on the council (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1666โ€“7, pp. 18, 575). He was thought to have become a severe disciplinarian; 'he had yet too much of the air of Russia about him,โ€™ says Burnet (i. 499). With
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and the harshest measures against the refusers of the declaration (Wodrow, Church of Scotland, ed. Burns, ii. 81). Little accustomed to brook contradiction, he found himself in constant conflict with Lauderdale, who on 29 Sept. 1674 caused him to be imprisoned in
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in the parliament of 1669โ€“74, in the convention of 1678, and in the parliaments of 1681โ€“2 and 1685โ€“6 (Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland, 2nd edition, p. 105). Towards the end of March 1678 he, along with the
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in Scotland, the persecution of the covenanters should go on without mitigation. Drummond, although a loose and profane man, 'ambitious and covetous,โ€™ had yet sufficient sense of honour to restrain him from public
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and others, made a journey to court in order to represent the grievances of the country to the king (Wodrow, ii. 449, 453). In 1684 he was appointed general of the ordnance. On the accession of
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He died at the end of March (not January) 1688 (Luttrell, Relation of State Affairs, 1857, i. 436), and was buried at Innerpeffray on 4 April, aged 70. His funeral sermon by Principal
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on a mere surmise of his having corresponded with some of the exiled covenanters in Holland (Wodrow, ii. 270; Burnet, ii. 56โ€“7; Addit. MS. 23137, f. 49).
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he joined with his colleagues in declaring that he could not do what the king asked (Macaulay, Hist. of England, vol. ii. ch. vi. pp. 117, 121).
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On being released by order dated 24 Feb. 1675โ€“6 (Wodrow, ii. 357), he was restored to his command, and between 1678 and 1681 received the honour of
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of Edinburgh contains many interesting details of his life. After his return to Scotland he married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Archibald Johnston,
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and Baron Drummond of Cromlix, by patent 6 Sept. 1686. In March 1686 he accompanied the Duke of Hamilton and Sir George Lockhart to
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in the highlands in 1653, where his kinsman, Andrew Drummond, brother of Sir James Drummond of Machanay, commanded a regiment of
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it was not without great difficulty that Charles prevailed on the czar to allow Drummond to leave his dominions. He returned to
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in 1665, bringing with him a flattering testimonial of his services from Alexis (Addit. MS. 21408).
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in 1645, for which he suffered imprisonment. Born in 1617 or 1618, Drummond was educated at the
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to confer with the king, who had proposed that, while full liberty should be granted to the
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in 1651, where he commanded a brigade, he was taken prisoner and carried to
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Or, a lion's head erased within a double tressure flory counter-flory gules
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He happened to hear Cromwell's discussion with the commissioners sent from
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in 1648. During the same year he again went over to Ireland and joined the
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Drummond was the fifth and youngest son of John Drummond, second
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service. Accordingly, in August 1655 he accompanied his friend
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Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1678
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Dalyell he was popularly supposed to have introduced
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