# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-drummond-1st-earl-of-melfort
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:47:11.667Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-drummond-1st-earl-of-melfort"
name: "John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort"
slug: "john-drummond-1st-earl-of-melfort"
description: "John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, styled Duke of Melfort in the Jacobite peerage, was a Scottish politician and close advisor to James VII & II. A Catholic convert, Melfort and his brother the Earl of Perth consistently urged James not to compromise with his opponents, contributing to his increasing isolation and ultimate deposition in the 1688 Glorious Revolution."
tagline: "Scottish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1stEarlOfMelfort.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1650-08-08"
deathDate: "1714-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.68
  momentum:             1.174603174603175
  historical:           6.746005333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Drummond%2C_1%3Ae_earl_av_Melfort"
    title: "John Drummond, 1:e earl av Melfort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Drummond%2C_1st_Earl_of_Melfort"
    title: "John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Drummond"
    title: "John Drummond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Drummond_(1er_comte_de_Melfort)"
    title: "John Drummond (1er comte de Melfort)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Drummond%2C_I_conte_di_Melfort"
    title: "John Drummond, I conte di Melfort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89_(%E5%88%9D%E4%BB%A3%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%B5)"
    title: "ジョン・ドラモンド (初代メルフォート伯爵)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_1-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Драммонд, Джон, 1-й граф Мелфорт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2679267"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump