John Drummond | |
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| 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, Travel, Drama |
John Drummond, 10th of Megginch, 15th Baron Strange (6 May 1900 – 13 April 1982), was Chief of the Baronial House and Branch of Drummond of Concraig and Lennoch within the clan Drummond and Baron of Megginch.[1]
Educated at Eton College, he became a Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards and Hon. Attaché H.M. Legation Warsaw in 1920. Later, he was elected county councillor for West Perth, Scotland, aged 21. He 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.