Edmund Rupert Drummond

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
Born	8 May 1884
Died	9 September 1965 (aged 81)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	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)

Naval career

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

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

References

1. The Peerage.com
2. Who's Who 1928
3. Royal Navy Warships Archived 14 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
4. 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