Drummond, George
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Epithet: Commissioner of Excise for Scotland
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Epithet: of Add MS 35505
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Epithet: titular Duke of Melfort and Earl of Perth
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George Drummond, six times Lord Provost of Edinburgh, was born in Edinburgh on 27 June 1687. In 1707 he was appointed Accountant-General of Excise when it was introduced into Scotland after the Union. He was a Hanoverian and worked closely for the defeat of the Jacobites in 1715. He became Lord Provost of Edinburgh for the first time in 1725. When the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary was founded in 1736, Drummond was one of its managers. In 1745 he raised a band of volunteers to defend the city against the Jacobites. During his Lord Provostship the city was extended northwards to include the area upon which the New Town is now built. It was at this time too that the Nor' Loch was drained, and North Bridge built. George Drummond died on 4 November 1766.
From the guide to the Diairies of George Drummond (1687-1766), Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1736-1738, (Edinburgh University Library)
Epithet: Minister of Roseneath
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Epithet: banker
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- Whitchaven, Cumberland (as recorded)
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- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Somerset, England (as recorded)
- Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (as recorded)
- Barbados, the Carribean (as recorded)
- Worcestershire, England (as recorded)
- New York, N. America (as recorded)
- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
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- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Devonshire, England (as recorded)
- Isle of Man, England (as recorded)
- Grenada, the W. Indies (as recorded)
- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Tahiti, Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
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- London, England (as recorded)
- Monmouthshire, England (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire (as recorded)
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- Venezuela, S. America (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Cornwall, England (as recorded)
- River Gironde, France (as recorded)
- Grenada, the W. Indies (as recorded)
- Herefordshire, England (as recorded)
- Bristol, Gloucestershire (as recorded)
- Nova Scotia, North America (as recorded)
- America, North America (as recorded)
- British America, America (as recorded)
