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Edmund Rupert Drummond

Edmund Rupert Drummond
Drummond in 1937
Born8 May 1884
Died9 September 1965 (1965-09-10) (aged 81)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankVice admiral
CommandsHMS Capetown
New Zealand Division
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Royal Victorian Order
Commander of the Order of the Two Rivers (1934)

Vice-Admiral The Honourable Edmund Rupert Drummond CB MVO DL (8 May 1884 – 9 September 1965) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the New Zealand Division.

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Born the son of James Drummond, 10th Viscount Strathallan,[1] and educated at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth, Drummond was promoted to lieutenant in 1906.[2] He served in World War I as second in command of the cruiser HMS Caroline from 1914 and then as an officer in the cruiser HMS Cardiff from 1917.[2] He was appointed Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS Capetown in 1927,[3] Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1930[4] and Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief American and West Indies Station[5] before becoming Commander-in-Chief of the New Zealand Division in 1935.[4] He served in World War II as Captain of the Dockyard at Portland from August 1939 and as Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth from 1942 until September 1945 when he retired.[4]

In retirement he lived at Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis and was Deputy Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty.[6]

Family

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In 1910 he married Evelyn Frances Butler, daughter of James Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde.[7]

References

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  1. ^ The Peerage.com
  2. ^ a b Who's Who 1928
  3. ^ Royal Navy Warships Archived 14 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b c Senior Royal Navy Appointments Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Croft's Peerage Archived 27 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "No. 40814". The London Gazette. 26 June 1956. p. 3732.
  7. ^ "Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
Military offices Preceded byFischer Watson Commander-in-Chief, New Zealand Division 1935–1938 Succeeded byIrvine Glennie
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