Background
DRUMMOND, Brigadier was born on March 31, 1861. Son of Admiral Sir James R. Drummond, Knight Grand Cross of the Bath.
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Brigadier DRUMMOND
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Education
Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Page of Honour to Queen Victoria, 1874-1877.
Career
Entered Army, 1879; Captain, 18S8. Major, 1897; Lieutenant-Colonel 1904. Brevet-Colonel 1904; Colonel 1908.
A. District of Columbia (United States.) to Major-General Home District, 1892-1897.
Military Secretary to Governor-General of Canada, 1898-1900. Assistant Staff Officer to the Inspector - General of the Forces.
Late Lieutenant-Colonel commanding 3rd Battalion Scots Guards. Served Bechuanaland Expedition in command of a troop of Methuen’s Horse, 1SS4-85.
Commanded Guards Company in Special Sendee Corps.
Ashantee Expedition, 1895-1896 (star). Soudan Expedition, 1898 (despatches, Queen's and Egyptian medal and clasps). South Africa, on Staff 1st Division, and commanding Kimberley Mounted Infantry, 1899 - 1900 (despatches, Queen's medal, two clasps).
-General Laurence George, Commanding 7tli Infantry Brigade since 1908.
Membership
Clubs: Guards’, Turf.
Connections
Spouse 1886, Katherine Mary Antrobus,daughter of late Hugh Lindsay.
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Nationality
British