James Drummond, formerly Lundin (1744-1800), later Lord Perth and Baron Drummond of Stobhall, was the son of James Drummond of Lundin and Lady Rachel Bruce. He was a Scottish soldier, landowner and peer. He entered the army in 1777, he was promoted Captain in the 42nd Highlanders and served with them in India. In 1785, he married the Hon. Clementina Elphinstone, daughter of Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone and Lady Clementina Fleming, and had three children. In the same year, he inherited the lands that formerly belonged to his family and that had reverted to the Crown in 1746 due to an attainder. In 1797, he was created Lord Perth and Baron Drummond of Stobhall in the peerage of Great Britain. He outlived his son and prepared his estates for his eldest daughter before his death in 1800.

The Adam office made a design for a castle gate and lodge for James Drummond at Drummond Castle. The design is not dated, however, Drummond did not have the Drummond Estate restored to him until 1785, therefore it is most probable that this design was made after that date. There is an additional miniature watercolour of the same design within the Blair Adam Collection. This design does not appear to have been executed. There are a pair of screen walls with a gate on the estate which date to c.1785, but the design and craftsmanship suggests that these are not an Adam design.

Literature:
A.T. Bolton, The Architecture of Robert and James Adam, Volume II, Index, 1922, pp. 9, 69; A. A. Tait, Robert Adam: Drawings and Imagination, 1993, pp. 155-7; C. Mosley (ed.), Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 2003, p. 3103

Louisa Catt, 2024