Edmund Drummond (Royal Navy officer)

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.

Edmund Drummond
Born4 August 1841
Died6 May 1911 (1911-05-07) (aged 69)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1855–1903
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Tenedos
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 in 1892, he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1895; he retired in 1903.[2]

He lived at Halesworth in Suffolk.[4]

Family

In 1872 he married Dora Naylor; they had one son and one daughter.[5]

References

  1. Sir Edmund Drummond (thePeerage.com)
  2. William Loney RN
  3. "No. 23309". The London Gazette. 11 October 1867. p. 5440.
  4. "Turtle Bunbury". Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  5. The Peerage.com
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir William Kennedy
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
18951898
Succeeded by
Sir Archibald Douglas
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