Henry Drummond (1730–1795) was a British financier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1790.
11-466: Henry Drummond may refer to: Henry Drummond (1730–1795) , British member of parliament for Midhurst Henry Drummond (1762–1794) , British member of parliament for Castle Rising Henry Drummond (1786–1860) , English banker, member of parliament for West Surrey, writer and Irvingite Henry Drummond (evangelist) (1851–1897), Scottish evangelist, writer and lecturer Henry Drummond (fictional character) ,
22-412: A pocket borough . Wendover first sent members to Parliament in 1300, but after 1308, elected no burgesses for more than 300 years. However, in the 17th century a solicitor named William Hakewill , of Lincoln's Inn , rediscovered ancient writs confirming that Amersham , Great Marlow , and Wendover had all sent members to Parliament in the past, and succeeded in re-establishing their privileges (despite
33-575: A banker and MP. Wendover (UK Parliament constituency) Wendover was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was based on the borough of Wendover , was represented by two Members of Parliament, and was considered a classic example of
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55-406: A parliamentary seat at Wendover from Lord Verney and was returned in 1774 in a by-election as Member of Parliament for Wendover. He then purchased a seat at Midhurst on the recommendation of Lord North and at the 1780 general election was returned as MP for Midhurst. He retired in 1790. There is no record of any speech by Drummond . Drummond died on 24 June 1795. His son Henry was also
66-521: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Henry Drummond (1730%E2%80%931795) Drummond was the son of William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan and his wife Margaret Murray, daughter of William Murray, 2nd Lord Nairne . He became an apprentice to his father's brother Andrew Drummond , a London banker. Henry Drummond handled a large amount of American business, and acted as financial agent for New Jersey in 1763. In 1759 he became army agent for
77-700: The 42nd Foot and 46th Foot which were commanded by Murray relatives. By 1761 he was agent for the 87th Regiment commanded by Robert Murray Keith and the 89th Regiment commanded by Staats Long Morris . In 1765 he went into partnership with Richard Cox, and by 1771 the firm had 18 regiments on their books. Drummond married Elizabeth Compton, daughter of Hon. Charles Compton and granddaughter of George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton , at St James's Church in Piccadilly on 23 March 1761. In 1770 he took over from his cousin John Drummond as partner of Thomas Harley in
88-517: The Hampden family, but in 1720 Richard Hampden apparently attempted to sell his interest in the borough to the government after losing £80,000 in the South Sea Bubble ; what price he received for it, or whether the sale ever took place, is not recorded. By the 1750s, Wendover had passed to Earl Verney , and Namier lists his power as only being one of influence rather than total control; but by 1832
99-450: The contract for army remittances to North America. John Drummond's health failed in 1772, and Robert Drummond persuaded Henry to give up his army agency business and return to the bank as third partner. Henry Drummond was a member of a social group, known as ‘The Gang’, which included Anthony Chamier , Lord Frederick Campbell , William Amherst , Sir John Sebright, Thomas Bradshaw, Rigby, Thomas Harley, and R. M. Keith. Drummond purchased
110-586: The opposition of James I ), so that they resumed electing members from the Parliament of 1624. Hakewill himself was elected for Amersham in 1624. The borough consisted of most of the market town of Wendover in Buckinghamshire. It was one of the smallest boroughs in England: in 1831, the population of the borough was approximately 802, and contained 171 houses. (The whole town contained 198 houses.) The right to vote
121-529: Was exercised by all inhabitant householders not receiving alms, which amounted to about 130 voters in 1831. Although this was a relatively large electorate for the time based on apparently democratic franchise, the borough and inhabitants were totally dependent on the Lord of the Manor , who was able to exercise considerable influence and sometimes total control over the choice of MPs. In the 17th century, this patronage lay with
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