#john drummond

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John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, 1649 - 1714. Secretary of State for Scotland and Jacobite

Artist: Sir Godfrey Kneller (German, 1646-1723)

Date: 1688

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Description

Seen here in his robes of the Order of the Thistle, Melfort had been described as 'one of the handsomest men of his time, an accomplished dancer and of an active, undertaking temper'. Like King James VII, Melfort and his brother, James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth converted to Catholicism and they virtually ruled Scotland on James's behalf. When James went into exile the brothers followed him and in 1695 Melfort was stripped of his titles and land, by William of Orange.

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Tam Pursu’d by the Witches by John Drummond, c.1870.

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JIMMY CLIFF John Drummond 7th July 1972

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