DRUMMOND, WILLIAM [SSNE 3863]
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Sir William Drummond, the 4th Lord Maderty, sometimes styled "of Cromlix" fought against Oliver Cromwell, and later fled to the continent. In 1656 he went to Moscow as major general with Thomas Dalyell on the recommendation of King Charles II. In 1662 his forces defeated the Poles near Chausy, and thereafter he was promoted to lieutenant general and Governor of Smolensk. He was also granted an estate. In 1665 he was allowed to leave Russia on the request of King Charles and the following year he became the commander of the army in Scotland. In 1686 he was created Viscount of Strathallan and Lord Drummond of Cromlix. He is buried in Dunblane Cathedral.DNB; Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage (8 vols., Edinburgh, 1904-1911), VIII, p.220; G.P. Herd, 'General Patrick Gordon of Auchluchries - A Scot in Seventeenth Century Russian Service', Ph.D. thesis, Aberdeen, 1994; W. Barnhill and P. Dukes, 'North-east Scots in Muscovy in the seventeenth century' in Northern Scotland, vol. 1, no. 1, 1972, pp.49-63; D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996).
Service record
- RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY
- Departed 1665-12-31, as LT. GENERAL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- RUSSIA, SMOLENSK REGIMENTS
- Departed 1665-12-31, as COMMANDANT
- Capacity COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY
- SCOTLAND, SCOTLAND
- Departed 1686-12-31, as MAJOR GENERAL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY