Edmund Charles Drummond R.N.
Edmund Charles Drummond R.N.

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Edmund Charles Drummond R.N.Explanation
Son of Sir Edmund Drummond (1814-1895)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
4 August 1841 Born (Bengal, India)
4 July 1872 Married Dora (1847-1878), daughter of John Naylor (1813-1889)
6 May 1911 Died (Eskhill, Forfarshire, Scotland)
 
DateRank
March 1855Entered Navy
14 March 1857Midshipman
6 April 1861Sub-Lieutenant
11 May 1862Lieutenant
11 October 1867Commander
31 December 1877Captain
26 March 1892Rear-Admiral
21 December 1898Vice-Admiral
1 October 1903Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
15 March 18557 November 1856Naval cadet in James Watt, commanded by Captain George Elliot then Captain Talavera Vernon Anson, the Baltic during the Russian War, then Lisbon
8 November 185613 March 1857Naval cadet in Sans Pareil, commanded by Captain Astley Cooper Key, in charge of a division of gunboats, then (May 1856) returning troops from the Crimea, then (September 1856) Portugal
14 March 185715 February 1859Midshipman in Sans Pareil, commanded by Captain Astley Cooper Key then Julian Foulston Slight then Rochfort Maguire, China (Key being in command of the naval brigade at the capture of Canton, 28 December 1857 during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War)
16 February 185912 March 1860Midshipman in Mersey, commanded by Captain Henry Caldwell, Channel squadron, then (1860) North America and West Indies
13 March 186010 July 1860Midshipman in Nile, commanded by Captain Edward King Barnard, North America and West Indies
11 July 18605 April 1861Midshipman in St George, commanded by Captain Hon. Francis Egerton, Plymouth
6 April 186121 August 1861Sub-Lieutenant in St George, commanded by Captain Hon. Francis Egerton, North America and West Indies
22 August 186111 November 1861Sub-Lieutenant in Firebrand, commanded by Commander James Minchin Bruce, Woolwich
8 January 18843 July 1886Captain in Tenedos (until paying off), North America and West Indies
16 March 189515 January 1898Commander-in-Chief, East Indies

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