DRUMMOND, JOHN [SSNE 6483]
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John Drummond esq was a merchant of Amsterdam at the end of the seventeenth and start of the eighteenth centuries. He was both a director of the East India Company (apparently the first Scot to hold that position) and of the Royal African Company as well as being a burgess of Perth. He served in Queen Anne's parliament and through her he gained a commission for the commercial aspects of the Treaty of Utrecht. Despite nearly being declared bankrupt, Drummond repaid his debts to the EIC.David Malcolm, A Genealogical Memoir of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Drummond (Edinburgh, 1808), p.47.
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- SCOTLAND, GREAT BRITAIN, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, AMSTERDAM
- Arrived 1690-01-01
- Departed 1714-12-31
- Capacity MERCHANT, EIC DIRECTOR, purpose MERCANTILE, TRADE