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Henry Home-Drummond FRSE FSA (28 July 1783 – 12 September 1867) was a Scottish politician, advocate, landowner and agricultural improver. LifeHe was born on 28 July 1783, the son of George Home Drummond of Blair Drummond. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh and then studied aw at the University of Oxford graduating with a BCL in 1809. The family were one of the first to occupy the new houses in Edinburgh's New Town, living in a townhouse at 128 Princes Street,[1] facing onto Edinburgh Castle in addition to their other estates. His father had a similar house at 110 Princes Street. Home-Drummond was called to the Scottish Bar in 1808, and later served as Vice-Lieutenant of Perthshire. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1815. His proposers were John Playfair, George Steuart Mackenzie and Macvey Napier. He sat as Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire from 1821 to 1831[2] and for Perthshire from 1840 to 1852.[3] In 1833 his address is listed as 28 Princes Street in Edinburgh's New Town. His country seat is shown as Blair Drummond.[4] He is buried in Kincardine-in-Menteith in the Home-Drummond grave, just west of Blair Drummond. Publications
FamilyOn 14 April 1812[5] he married Christian Moray of Abercairney (died 1864). She was the eldest daughter of Charles Moray Stirling. They had a daughter who later became Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl, and two sons, George Stirling Home Drummond FRSE[6] and Charles Stirling Home Drummond Moray of Abercairney. References1. ^Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1815–16 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons5.htm|website=leighrayment.com|title=House of Commons: Stamford and Spalding to Stroud and Thornbury|accessdate=2018-03-04}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Pcommons1.htm|website=leighrayment.com|title=House of Commons: Paddington to Platting|accessdate=2018-03-04}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://digital.nls.uk/83400243|title=Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832-1833|last=|first=|date=|website=National Library of Scotland|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-01-20}} 5. ^The Baronetage and Knightage, by Joseph Foster, p.323 6. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}}
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