JAMES DRUMMOND JNR

James Drummond Jnr 1814-1873, the second son of James Drummond inherited Hawthornden.
He was a pioneer and leading pastoralist, for many years the chief grower of wheat in the colony and owner of a large steam flour-mill. A silent but kindly man, he inaugurated on his grant a benevolent method of settling poor migrant families and ticket-of-leave men in cottages on small farming lots. He was an active member on local committees for the school, the church and the agricultural society. He married Martha Sewell in 1857, by whom he had three sons and three daughters. He suffered severe losses in the depression of the 1870s, but aided those less fortunate than himself. He was elected to the colony's first representative Legislative Council in 1870, was a foundation member of the Victoria Plains Road Board in 1871 and chairman of the Toodyay Road Board in 1872.
He died at the peak of his career on 8 February 1873, after fighting a bushfire at Hawthornden. Before his death he sent his father's valuable key collection to the Melbourne Herbarium. (excerpt from online article about James Drummond Snr http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/drummond-james-1995 )