John Drummond, 17th Earl of Perth
John David Drummond, 17th Earl of Perth PC (born May 13, 1907 - November 25, 2002 ), known from 1937 to 1951 under the courtesy title Viscount Strathallan , was a Scottish peer , banker and politician.
The counting as 17th Earl of Perth results from counting the Jacobite pretenders on the earl title. By another way of counting he is the 8th Earl of Perth.
Origin and education
He was the son of Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth , and was on the downside School and Trinity College of the University of Cambridge trained.
Career
He began a banking career with the asset management company Schroders . When the Second World War broke out , he went to Paris , where he supported Noël Coward in the British propaganda office, and returned to London in 1940 to work in the War Cabinet Office and later in the Ministry of Production. After the war he resumed his career at Schroders in 1945 and was a partner there until 1956.
When his father died in 1951, he inherited him as Earl of Perth . From 1952 to 1963 he was an elected Scottish Representative Peer member in the House of Lords . From the Peerage Act 1963 , his Scottish title was also linked to a hereditary seat in the House of Lords, which he held until 1999 when the House of Lords Act 1999 revoked his inheritance right to a seat in Parliament. From 1957 to 1962 he was Minister of State in the Colonial Office in the Harold Macmillan government . In 1957 he was appointed Privy Counselor . He also served as First Commissioner of the Crown Estate from 1962 to 1977 , Chairman of the Ditchley Foundation from 1963 to 1966, and Chairman of the Reviewing Committee on Export of Works of Art from 1972 to 1976 .
Marriage and offspring
He married Nancy Fincke in 1934 († 1996). They had two sons. The older of them, John Eric Drummond (* 1935), inherited him as Earl of Perth when he died in 2002.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Eric Drummond |
Earl of Perth 1951-2002 |
John Drummond |
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| SURNAME | Drummond, John, 17th Earl of Perth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Drummond, John David, 17th Earl of Perth; Drummond, John, 8th Earl of Perth; Drummond, John, Viscount Strathallan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish peer, banker and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1907 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 2002 |