About Edmund Drummond
Lived 1841 – 1911 (aged 69). Edmund Drummond was a naval 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.
Naval career Born the son of Edmund Drummond, a career civil servant in British India, Drummond joined the Royal Navy in 1855. In 1867 he served as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Hastings Yelverton. Promoted to captain in 1877, he took command of HMS Tenedos in 1884. he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1895, serving until March 1898. to full admiral on 1 October 1903, and retired at his own request on 26 November 1904.
He lived at Halesworth in Suffolk.
Family In 1872 he married Dora Naylor; they had one son and one daughter.
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Royal Navy admiral (1841-1911)
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Edmund Drummond was born on 4 August 1841.
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Edmund Drummond died on 6 May 1911.
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Edmund Drummond was a naval officer.
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