Edmund Drummond

Edmund Drummond (17 January 1814 – 10 January 1895) was a British civil servant in India.

For other uses, see Edmund Drummond (disambiguation).

He was the third son of James Drummond, 6th Viscount Strathallan (de jure 8th Viscount) and the brother of William Drummond, 7th Viscount Strathallan.[1]

He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He studied law at the Middle Temple and was called to the bar in 1848.[1]

From 7 March 1863 to 10 March 1868 he held position of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces.[2] In 1875, he became a member of the Council of India[1]

His son Edmund Charles Drummond was an admiral.[3]

References
  1.  Foster, Joseph (1885). "Drummond, Edmund" . Men-at-the-Bar  (second ed.). London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney. p. 130.
  2. The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain #130
  3. Sir Edmund Drummond (thePeerage.com)
Government offices
Preceded by
R. Money
(acting)		 Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces
27 February 1863 – 7 March 1863		 Succeeded by
Sir William Muir


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