Sir William Drummond

(1770 c.-1828)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Drummond, William, Sir, 1770?-1828 NRA: Drummond, Sir William (c 1770-1828) Knight MP Scholar Diplomat DNB: Drummond, Sir William, of Logiealmond (1770?-1828), classical scholar and diplomatist LBT ID: WiDrumm1828 VIAF ID: 103645778 LOC ID: n86101893	B/BAP: 1770 DIED: 1828-03-29
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Scottish classical scholar and Tory MP; succeeded Lord Elgin as ambassador to the Ottoman Porte (1803); his Oedipus judaicus, in which he interpreted the Old Testament as an astrological allegory, was privately printed in 1811.