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.
Edmund Rupert Drummond | |
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.jpg) Drummond in 1937 | |
| Born | 8 May 1884 |
| Died | 9 September 1965 (aged 81) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Rank | Vice admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Capetown New Zealand Division |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Member of the Royal Victorian Order Commander of the Order of the Two Rivers (1934) |
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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]
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In 1910 he married Evelyn Frances Butler, daughter of James Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde.[7]
References edit
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- ^ a b Who's Who 1928
- ^ Royal Navy Warships Archived 14 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Senior Royal Navy Appointments Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Croft's Peerage Archived 27 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 40814". The London Gazette. 26 June 1956. p. 3732.
- ^ "Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.