DRINKWATER, PETER; b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1635, adm. pens. 14 Mar 1635/6, scholar 1636; BA 1638/9; MA 1642.
DRINKWATER-BETHUNE, JOHN ELLIOT, eldest son of Lieut-Col. John Drinkwater-Bethune CB, Comptroller of Army Accounts, and Eleanor, dau. of Charles Congalton, Congalton, Midlothian; b. 12 Jul 1801; adm. Midsummer 1814; KS (aged 14) 1816; left 31 Oct 1816; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jan 1819, scholar 1821, matr. Mich. 1819; 4th Wrangler and BA 1823; MA 1826; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jan 1821, called to bar 4 May 1827; Parliamentary Counsel, Home Office 28 Sep 1835 - 10 Feb 1848; drafted Municipal Reform Act, Tithe Commutation Act and County Courts Act; assumed with his father the additional surname of Bethune 1836; legislative member, Supreme Council of India, from 11 Apr 1848; President, Council of Education, Calcutta 1848; founder of Bethune’s Girls’ School, Calcutta, endowed by his will; d. at Calcutta 12 Aug 1851. DNB.
DRIWOOD, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses by QSS to Queen Elizabeth c. 1586 (Salisbury MSS, Hatfield) and to a similar collection of verses c. 1687 in Westminster Abbey Library. [Probably William Drywood, Trinity Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich 1588, scholar 1589, and probably William Drywood, son of Thomas Drywood, Warley Franks, Essex, who m. 14 Jun 1595 Catherine, sister of Robert Dewhurst (qv) and who was buried Cheshunt, Herts., 10 Jan 1598].
Drought, George Thomas Acton, only son of the Rev. George Meares Drought, Incumbent of St. Matthew Newtown, Mount Kennedy, co. Wicklow, by Beatrice, daughter of James Scott Robertson, C. B.; b. Aug. 2, 1880; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left July 1894, and went to Dulwich Coll.; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Nov. 22, 1899; Lieut. Feb. 16, 1901; Adjutant Nov. 23, 1904 -June 17, 1908; Capt. May 19, 1906; Major Oct. 30, 1914; served in the South African War 1900-2, and in Great War I; m.; d. June 14, 1915, of wounds received in action in France May 17, 1915.
Druce, Bernard Otto, son of Otto Edward Druce, of Wimbledon; b. Nov. 16, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (H); left Easter 1905.
DRUITT, PHILIP, third son of James Druitt, Christchurch, Hampshire, solicitor, Mayor of Christchurch, and his second wife Matilda Jane, dau. of John Mayo, Stoke next Guildford, Surrey; b. 4 Oct 1865; adm. (R) 26 Sep 1878; exhibitioner 1879; QS 27 May 1880; left May 1884; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 24 Jan 1885; migr. to University Coll.; BA 1888; MA 1896; Leeds Clergy Sch. 1891; ordained 1891; Assistant Curate, Armley, Leeds 1891-1914; Rector of Fillingham, Lincs., 1914-22; m. 9 Oct 1907 Ellen Alice, dau. of Rev. John Hammersley, Vicar of Allithwaite, Lancs.; d. 16 Mar 1928.
DRUITT, ROBERT, eldest son of Robert Druitt MD FRCP FRCS, Strathmore Gardens, Kensington, and Isabella, dau. of William Hopkinson; b. 2 Apr 1847; adm. 27 Jan 1857 (James'); QS 1862; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1866, matr. 23 May 1866; BA 1870; adm. solicitor Hilary 1874; in practice at Christchurch, Hampshire; Registrar and High Bailiff, County Court there; Mayor of Christchurch 1910-3; m. 24 Jan 1882 Alice Mary, dau. of Daniel Tupper, Lord Chamberlain’s Office, St. James’s Palace; d. 9 May 1917.
DRUMMOND, GORDON, elder son of Gen. Sir Gordon Drummond GCB, and Margaret, eldest dau. of William Russell, Brancepeth Castle, co. Durham, colliery proprietor; nephew of John Drummond (adm. 1765, qv, if correctly identified); b. 8 Mar 1809; adm. 20 Jun 1821 (Stelfox's); Min. Can. 1822; Ensign and Lieut. , 2nd Foot Guards 10 Jun 1826; Lieut. and Capt. , 3 Aug 1830; Maj. in Army 3 Aug 1830; Lieut. -Col. in Army 29 Mar 1844; Maj. , 2nd Foot Guards 20 Jun 1854; Col. in Army 20 Jun 1854; served in Crimean War and commanded 1st battalion Coldstream Guards at fall of Sevastopol; m. 11 Nov 1837 Margaret Maria, dau. of Rev. Philip Le Geyt, Vicar of Marden, Kent; d. 17 Nov 1856.
DRUMMOND, JAMES CHARLES, brother of Robert Drummond (qv); b. 16 Oct 1807; adm. 22 Sep 1820 (Stelfox's); Cadet, EICS Bengal 1824; Ensign, 19th Bengal Native Infantry 18 Mar 1825; Lieut., 28 Mar 1826; d. at Nasirabad, Bengal 27 Nov 1827.
DRUMMOND, ROBERT, second son of Adm. Sir Adam Drummond KCH, Megginch Castle, Perthshire, and Lady Charlotte Murray, widow of Sir John Menzies, Bart., and eldest dau. of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (qv); nephew of John Drummond (adm. 1765, qv, if correctly identified); b. 22 Jun 1804; adm. 22 Apr 1818 (Packharness'); Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. 14 Mar 1823; migr. Trin. Coll. Camb., adm. pens. 30 Jun 1823; BA 1827; MA 1831; ordained deacon 1828, priest 1829 (both Lincoln); Vicar of Feering, Essex 20 Jun 1829-66; m. 19 Jan 1841 Hon. Charlotte Olivia Elizabeth Strutt, second dau. of Joseph Holden Strutt MP, Col. South Essex and West Essex Militias, and Charlotte, Baroness Rayleigh; d. 1883.