Sir William James Charles Maria Drummond of Logie Almond

Biographical Summary

DRUMMOND OF LOGIEALMOND, SIR WILLIAM JAMES CHARLES MARIA. ?-29/03/1828. Ref: 448. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Knight (1803), PC(1801).
• Place of Birth: Perthshire.
• Place of Death: Rome, Italy.
• Profession: Scholar, Diplomat.
• Appointments Held: MP 1795-6, St Mawes, 1796-1802 Lostwithiel; 1801 Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Naples; 1803 Ambasssador to the Ottoman Court; 1806-9 Envoy to the Court of Naples; 1809-resided in London.
• Undergraduate Studies: Oxford University.
• Postgraduate Studies: DCL(Oxon 1810).
• Father: John Drummond, Perth.
• References: DNB 16, 1888, 51; Anderson 2, 67-8; Irving 111; Shapin 142.
• Memberships: FRS (1799), Highland Society.
• Date of Election: 22/01/1798.
• Proposers: Dugald Stewart, Alexander Keith, John Playfair (Minute 08/01/1798 NLS Acc10,000/4 & Acc 10,000/12).
• Notes: Born c.1770.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 270

Other References

• Wikipedia contributors. "William Drummond of Logiealmond." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
• "DRUMMOND, William (?1770-1828)", The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986