Six times Lord Provost of Edinburgh between 1725-1764 / Bailie George Drummond by far the best loved and admired Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He was creator of the New Town. The University- "Old Quad", and the old Royal Infirmary are enduring monuments to his work for Edinburgh. He was passionately opposed to the Jacobites, resisted in '15 and in the '45 did everything in his power to arouse the citizens of the capital to oppose Prince Charles / When he failed he joined General Cope and later returned to resume office in Edinburgh. He created General Cumberland a Freeman of the City and was present at the burning of the Jacobite standards. He extended the boundaries of the city and advocated and saw carried through the draining of the Nor' Loch. In his terms of office work began on the building of the Royal Exchange now the City Chambers to him more than any other is due the credit for Edinburgh, a great and beautiful city.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
18--?]
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Drummond, George, 1687-1766.
Scotland Edinburgh.