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William Drummond of Logiealmond
Sir William Drummond of Logiealmond (ca. 1770–1828) was a Scottish diplomat and Member of Parliament, poet and philosopher. His book ''Academical Questions'' (1805) is arguably important in the development of the ideas of English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
==Career==
In 1795 he was MP for St. Mawes, and in the elections of 1796 and 1801 was returned for Lostwithiel. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1799 〔(Drummond )〕 These were both rotten boroughs in Cornwall. He became sworn as a Privy Counsellor in 1801,〔''Concise Dictionary of National Biography''〕 and left Parliament as a diplomat, becoming British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.〔''...ambassador to the Court of Naples 1801-3; to the Ottoman Porte 1803-6; to the Court of Naples for the second time, 1806-9.''(); this reference also gives opinions by Lord Byron.〕 Appointed by the Levant Company on 14 January 1803, he arrived at the Dardanelles the following May. He wasn't there for a year before he returned to England in 1804.
He was knighted in 1813 or 1814.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Library and Archive Catalogue )〕
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