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3 unusual facts about Robert Hay Drummond


George Hay-Drummond, 12th Earl of Kinnoull

Robert Hay-Drummond, Archbishop of York

Robert Hay Drummond

As royal chaplain he gained the confidence and esteem of George II, whom he attended during the German campaign of 1743, and on 7 July of that year preached the thanksgiving sermon for the victory of Dettingen before the king at Hanau.

In the year of his ordination he was presented by his uncle to the family living of Bothal, Northumberland, and by the influence of Queen Caroline, when only in his twenty-fifth year, appointed to a royal chaplaincy.


Innerpeffray Library

This was built by Robert Hay Drummond (1711-1776), Archbishop of York from 1761 to 1776, and a descendent of Lord Madertie, who also donated his book collection on his death.


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