Patrick Drummond (abt. 1595 - bef. 1672)

Born about 1595 in Scotland

Ancestors

Died before 1672 before about age 77 in Netherlands

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Biography

Patrick was the second son of Andrew Drummond. As a very young man he served as Duke of Bowillion in France as a governor to his children. He served the Duke until the Duke died. After the Duke died, Patrick served in the court of King Charles the First. He became one of his gentleman usher. He later served as the Conservator for the Scots in Camphere in Low Countries (Holland) by 1638 and was knighted before October 1640. ^[1] He was removed as lord conservator in 1640 due his views against the Covenantor movement, also losing his position as an elder of the church.^[2]

Patrick married Dame Margaret Porterfield, daughter of the Comistown in Lothan. They had no children.^[1]

After the death his mother-in-law Elizabeth Cant in 1643, John, brother Walter and son-in-law Patrick Drummond caused a stone to be erected in their church with the arms of both Elizabeth and her deceased husband, John. There was a large dispute with this with matter being taken to General Assembly and threats being made. After much ado, the stone was erected and eventually was removed.^[3][2]

He passed away before 1672 at which time was widow was granted a coat of arms in where she is mentioned as his widow.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Drummond, William, 1st Viscount of Strathallan, Genealogical Memoir of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Drummond, Glasgow, 1808, Originally prepared 1681, p. 115, 280, https://archive.org/details/genealogyofmostd00drum/page/114/mode/2up, Accessed March 21, 2020
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Keith L. Sprunger, Dutch Puritanism: A History of English and Scottish Churches of the Netherlands in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2016, pp. 209-210, digital images, Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=urxyDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210 Accessed March 21, 2020
3. ↑ John Davidson, Alexander Gray, "The Scottish Staple at Veere: A Study in the Economic History of Scotland" (London: Longmans Green and Company, 1909, digital images, Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=k8NAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA413&lpg=PA413