Drummond

(Sir William), of Logie Almond, antiquary and author, b. about 1770; entered Parliament as member for St. Mawes, Cornwall, 1795. In the following year he became envoy to the court of Naples, and in 1801 amba ador to Constantinople. His principal work is Origines , or Remarks on the Origin of several Empires, States, and Cities (4 vols. 1824–29). He also printed privately The Œdip us Judaicus , 1811. It calls in question, with much boldne and learning, many legends of the Old Testament, to which it gave an astronomical signification. It was reprinted in ’66. Sir William Drummond also wrote anonymously Philosophical Sketches of the Principles of Society , 1795. Died at Rome, 29 March, 1828.