Drummond, Gordon, 1809-1856

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Drummond, Gordon, 1809-1856

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        1809-1856

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        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.

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        Drummond, William Russell, 1812-1835 (1812-1835)

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        GB-2014-WSA-06423

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        Drummond, William Russell, 1812-1835 is the sibling of Drummond, Gordon, 1809-1856

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        GB-2014-WSA-019080

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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