Drummond, a younger brother of Perth and Melfort, was commander of the forces in Scotland.

He was a loose and profane man: but a sense of honour which his two kinsmen wanted restrained him from a public apostasy.

He lived and died, in the significant phrase of one of his countrymen, a bad Christian, but a good Protestant.

[137] James was pleased by the dutiful language which the three Councillors used when first they appeared before him.

He spoke highly of them to Barillon, and particularly extolled Lockhart as the ablest and most eloquent Scotchman living.