Edmund Drummond
Born4 August 1841
Died6 May 1911 (1911-05-07) (aged 69)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1855–1904
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Tenedos
East Indies Station

Admiral Edmund Charles Drummond (4 August 1841 – 6 May 1911) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.

Born the son of Edmund Drummond, a career civil servant in British India,[1] Drummond joined the Royal Navy in 1855.[2] In 1867 he served as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Hastings Yelverton.[3] Promoted to captain in 1877, he took command of HMS Tenedos in 1884.[2] Then, promoted to rear admiral on 26 March 1892,[4] he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1895, serving until March 1898.[2] He was promoted to vice admiral on 21 December 1898,[5] to full admiral on 1 October 1903,[6] and retired at his own request on 26 November 1904.[7]

He lived at Halesworth in Suffolk.[8]

Family

In 1872 he married Dora Naylor; they had one son and one daughter.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Sir Edmund Drummond (thePeerage.com)
  2. 1 2 3 William Loney RN
  3. ↑ "No. 23309". The London Gazette. 11 October 1867. p. 5440.
  4. ↑ "No. 26272". The London Gazette. 29 March 1892. p. 1850.
  5. ↑ "No. 27041". The London Gazette. 10 January 1899. p. 148.
  6. ↑ "No. 27603". The London Gazette. 6 October 1903. p. 6088.
  7. ↑ "No. 27740". The London Gazette. 2 November 1904. p. 8290.
  8. ↑ "Turtle Bunbury". Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  9. ↑ The Peerage.com
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