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Henry Drummond (5 December 1786 – 20 February 1860) was an English banker,politician and writer, best known as one of the founders of theCatholic Apostolic or Irvingite Church.[1]
He was born atThe Grange, near Northington,Hampshire, the eldest son ofHenry Drummond, a prominent London banker; his mother was Anne, daughter ofHenry Dundas.[citation needed] He was educated atHarrow and atChrist Church, Oxford, but took no degree.[2] His name is connected with the university through thechair of political economy which he founded in 1825.[1]
He entered Parliament in 1810 as the member forPlympton Erle and took an active interest from the first in nearly all departments of politics. Though thoroughly independent and often eccentric in his views, he acted generally with theConservative Party. His speeches[3][4] were often almost inaudible but were generally lucid and informing, and on occasion caustic and severe.[1] He was appointedSheriff of Surrey for 1826.[5]
In 1817, Drummond metRobert Haldane atGeneva, and continued his movement against theSocinian tendencies then prevalent in that city. In later years he was intimately associated with the origin and spread of the Catholic Apostolic Church, whichEdward Irving and others had founded in 1826. TheAlbury Conferences, meetings moderated byHugh Boyd M‘Neile, of those who sympathized with some of the views of Irving were held for the study of prophecy at Drummond's seat,Albury Park, in Surrey. He contributed very liberally to the funds of the new church and he became one of its leading office-bearers,[1] being first ordained as Angel of the Congregation in Albury and afterwards called as Apostle for Scotland and the Protestant part of Switzerland and was thus with the other "Apostles" and prophets responsible for its theology.[citation needed]
In December 1839, he was elected aFellow of the Royal Society[6] He retired in 1843 from his position as senior partner in the Charing Cross bank. From 1847 until his death, he representedWest Surrey inparliament.[1]
He died in 1860, intestate, a widower, at his main home Albury Park, leaving personal effects of under£16,000 (equivalent to about £1,900,000 in 2023).[7] The Administration was extracted by one of his children who on her husband's succession becameLouisa Percy, Duchess of Northumberland.
Drummond took a deep interest in religious subjects, and published books and pamphlets on the interpretation ofprophecy, the circulation of theApocrypha and the principles ofChristianity. These included apologetics on behalf of theCatholic Apostolic Church.[1] He published aHistory of Noble British Families in 1846. He also published in 1851 thePrinciples of Ecclesiastical Buildings and Ornament, printed anonymously by Thomas Bosworth.[8]
Hugh McNeile dedicated his book "The Times of The Gentiles" to Henry Drummond in 1828. In this dedication he defends Drummond against attacks which were made upon him over the topic of Drummond's perceived novelty concerning the interpretation of Biblical prophecy.
Drummond had married his cousin Lady Henrietta Hay-Drummond, the daughter ofRobert Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull. They had three sons, all of whom predeceased him, and two daughters. His daughter Louisa, Duchess of Northumberland, was the wife of the6th Duke of Northumberland.[9]
There is a street nearMelbourne inCarlton North,Victoria that has been claimed as named after him inAustralia, but the local Council consider Thomas Drummond (1797–1840), the Scottish inventor, civil engineer and cartographer is the person in question.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Drummond, Henry".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 600.| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forPlympton Erle 1810–1812 With:Viscount Castlereagh | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forWest Surrey 1847–1860 With: Willian Joseph Denison William John Evelyn John Ivatt Briscoe | Succeeded by George Cubitt John Ivatt Briscoe |
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