James Drummond

James Drummond was born in Inverarity, Scotland and was the eldest son of Thomas Drummond, a gardener and botanist. James went on to apprentice as a gardener and became curator of the botanic gardens at Cork, Ireland. He discovered several new species and was elected an Associate of the Linnean Society of London.

Drummond was offered an appointment as Government Naturalist in the planned Swan River Colony and sailed on board the Parmelia with James Stirling and officials. Drummond established the first garden, on Garden Island, in Western Australia. He went onto establish his career in botany, horticulture and plant collecting of specimens, being associated with James Mangles, Georgiana Molloy, John Lindley, George Bentham and Sir William Hooker at Kew Gardens.