[2] James VI invited him to the baptism of Prince Henry in 1594, asking him to bring venison and wild fowls.
[3] On 1 August 1598 Glenorchy wrote to the English politician Sir Robert Cecil with thanks to Queen Elizabeth after his audience with the diplomat George Nicholson.
He built part of Kilchurn Castle, began the construction of Finlarig Castle at the west end of Loch Tay, and improved farmland around Finlarig, Kilchurn and Balloch.
The factor of her Dunfermline estates, Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie, lent him 7,000 merks.
He maintained contact with Anne of Denmark through his cousin Jean Drummond, one of her ladies in waiting.
The first is dated 1601 and shows some similarities with pictures attributed to the court painter Adrian Vanson.