John Drummond, 15th Baron Strange
| John Drummond | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 May 1900 Megginch Castle, Errol, Scotland |
| Died | 13 April 1982 (aged 81) Isle of Man |
| Occupation | author, farmer, hereditary peer |
| Nationality | British Manx |
| Genre | Fiction, Agriculture, Trave l, Drama |
John Drummond, 10th of Megginch, 15th Baron Strange (born 1900, Scotland – d.1982, Isle of Man), Chief of the Baronial House and Branch of Drummond of Concraig and Lennoch within the clan Drummond and Baron of Megginch.
Educated at Eton College, he became Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards and Hon. Attaché H.M. Legation Warsaw in 1920. Later he was elected county councillor for West Perth in Scotland aged 21. Joined the Black Watch in World War II but finding himself deskbound, he returned to farm his estate at Megginch. In addition to being an organic soil and fish farmer, he was an author (as John Drummond) of ten books of fact and fiction, inventor, record producer, restaurateur and politician.
John Drummond was the only son of Capt. Malcolm Drummond, JP, DL and Geraldine Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney and one of seven sisters. He was born, brought up and lived much of his life at Megginch Castle in the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. He had three sisters, Jean, Victoria Alexandrina and Frances Ada. His middle sister, Victoria Drummond MBE, (who was a goddaughter of Queen Victoria) distinguished herself as the first woman marine engineer in Britain and won the Lloyd's War Medal for bravery.
At the age of 24 on the death of his father, he inherited his ancestral home and estate, Megginch. On 8 February 1928, he married Violet Margaret Florence Jardine, daughter of Sir Robert William Buchanan-Jardine of Castlemilk, 2nd Bt. Managing Director of Jardine Matheson and Ethel Mary Piercy. They had three daughters:
On the death of 9th Duke of Atholl, who was also 14th Baron Strange in 1957, the Barony of Strange fell into abeyance between the representatives of the three daughters of the fourth Duke of Atholl, Lady Charlotte, Lady Amelia Sophia and Lady Elizabeth. Following his petition to HM the Queen, the abeyance was terminated 18 December 1964 in favour of John Drummond of Megginch. He was the great-grandson of Lady Charlotte and her second husband, Vice-Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, K.C.B. of Megginch.
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