Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau o tana whakatapunga, i whakaatuhia ia e tona matua keke ki te whanau e noho ana i Bothal, Northumberland, na te mana o Kuini Caroline, i tohua hei kaimana kingi i te 25 noa iho. I te tau 1739, hei rangatira o tana tupuna, a William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan, nana nei i tuku tetahi waahanga o ana whenua o Perthshire hei whakarite mo te tama tuarua o te whanau Kinnoull, i whakawhiwhia e ia te ingoa me nga patu o Drummond. I a ia e mahi ana hei kaikauwhau kingi, ka riro i a ia te whakawhirinaki me te whakaute a George II, i tae atu ia ki a ia i te pakanga a Tiamana o te tau 1743, ana i te 7 o Hurae o taua tau i kauwhau i te kauwhau whakawhetai mo te wikitoria o
Ko Dettingen i te aroaro o te kingi i Hanau. I tana hokinga ki Ingarangi ka uru ia ki tetahi toa prebendal i Westminster, i tohua ia e tana kaihauturu kingi i te Paenga-whawha o mua. I te 9 o Hune 1745, i uru ia ki te BD me te DD i Oxford.