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Edmund Drummond (Royal Navy officer)

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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.

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Born the son of Edmund Drummond, a career civil servant in British India,[1] Drummond joined the Royal Navy in 1855.[2] In 1867 he served as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Hastings Yelverton.[3] Promoted to captain in 1877, he took command of HMS Tenedos in 1884.[2] Then, promoted to rear admiral on 26 March 1892,[4] he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1895, serving until March 1898.[2] He was promoted to vice admiral on 21 December 1898,[5] to full admiral on 1 October 1903,[6] and retired at his own request on 26 November 1904.[7]

He lived at Halesworth in Suffolk.[8]

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Family

In 1872 he married Dora Naylor; they had one son and one daughter.[9]

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