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. Then, promoted to rear admiral on 26 March 1892, he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1895; he retired in 1903.

Edmund Drummond (Royal Navy officer)

He lived at Halesworth in Suffolk.

Edmund Drummond (Royal Navy officer)

Family

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

Edmund Drummond (Royal Navy officer)

References

1841 births

1911 deaths

Royal Navy admirals