He was born on 28 July 1783, the son of George Home Drummond of
Blair Drummond and his wife (and cousin) Janet Jardine, daughter of Reverend
John Jardine minister of the
Tron Kirk and
Dean of the Chapel Royal. He was educated at the
High School in
Edinburgh and then studied law at the
University of Oxford graduating as a
Bachelor of Civil Law (|BCL) in 1809. The family were one of the first to occupy the new houses in
Edinburgh's New Town, living in a townhouse at 128
Princes Street, facing onto
Edinburgh Castle in addition to their other estates. His father had a similar house at 110
Princes Street. Home-Drummond became a Scottish advocate in 1808, and served later as Vice-Lieutenant of Perthshire. He was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1815. His proposers were
John Playfair,
George Steuart Mackenzie and
Macvey Napier. He was
Member of Parliament for
Stirlingshire from 1821 to 1831 and for
Perthshire as a Conservative from 1840 to 1852. In 1833 his address is listed as 28
Princes Street in
Edinburgh's
New Town. His country estate is shown as
Blair Drummond. He is buried in Kincardine-in-Menteith in the Home-Drummond grave, just west of Blair Drummond. ==Publications==