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DRUMMOND—DRURY. and Home stations, in the, Capt. Jas. Douglas, Andromeda, Capt. John Salisbury,, Lieut.-Commander Micajah Malbon, , Capt. Jas. Norman, and, Capt. Wm. Johnstone Hope. He then successively joined the 64, and  74, flag-ships of Vice-Admiral Rich. Onslow; and after witnessing the mutiny at the Nore, and enacting a warm part in the battle off Camperdown, was promoted to the command, 29 May, 1798, of the bomb, on the Mediterranean station; where he bombarded Alexandria, and served off the coast of Italy, until within a short period of his advancement to Post-rank, 30 Oct. 1799. He had previously assisted at the capture of the San Leon, a Spanish brig-of-war. Assuming command, 18 May, 1801, of the 28, Capt. Drummond immediately proceeded to the occupation of Madeira, where he continued several months, and received the thanks of the Consul and merchants for his zealous protection of commerce. The being paid off in May, 1802, he was subsequently appointed – 17 Dec. 1804, to the  36, in which frigate he captured two privateers on the Irish station – 16 May, 1809, to the Sea Fencibles, at Ramsgate – and, 30 Sept. 1813, to the  74. In the latter ship, after escorting the outward-bound trade to the West Indies, Capt. Drummond returned to England with another convoy, and was placed on half-pay, in Oct. 1814. He has not since been employed. His promotion to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place 22 July, 1830, and to that of Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837.

Sir Adam Drummond, who is in the commission of the peace, and is a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Perth, was nominated a K.C.H. 1 Jan. 1837, and on 1 March following invested with the honour of Knighthood. He married, 28 May, 1801, Lady Charlotte Menzies, eldest daughter of the fourth Duke of Atholl, and widow of Sir John Menzies, Bart., by whom, who. died 31 May, 1832, he had issue four sons and one daughter. – Messrs. Chard.

 DRUMMOND. 

, born 21 Aug. 1825, is second son of Andw. Robt. Drummond, Esq., of Cadlands, co. Hants (great-grandson of Wm. Drummond, fourth Viscount Strathallan, who was slain at Culloden, in the cause of the Chevalier, in 1745), by the Lady Elizabeth Frederica Manners, daughter of John Henry, present Duke of Rutland. He is nephew of Wm. Chas. Drummond, Esq., a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army; and of the Rev. Henry Perceval, son of the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, the ill-fated Chancellor of the Exchequer.

This officer passed his examination 11 Nov. 1845; and after an intermediate servitude as Mate, on the Home and West India stations, of the 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was promoted, 28 Aug. 1846, to a Lieutenancy in the 26, Capt, Chas. Talbot, also in the East Indies, where he is still employed.

 DRUMMOND. 

, born 15 Sept. 1812, is second son of Viscount Strathallan, by Lady Amelia Sophia Murray, daughter of John, fourth Duke of Atholl, and sister-in-law of Vice-Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, K.C.H.

This officer entered the Navy 2 Feb. 1826; and obtained his first commission 27 Dec. 1832. He was afterwards appointed – 14 March, 1834, to the 52, Capt. John M‘Kerlie, on the North America and West India station – and, 25 Aug. following, to the  52, as Flag-Lieutenant, in the East Indies, to Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel. Assuming his present rank 9 June, 1838, he was invested with the command, 18 Dec. 1841, of the 18; in which sloop we find him serving on the Mediterranean station, until paid off in 1845. He has not since been afloat. His elevation to the rank he now holds took place 8 June, 1846. – Messrs. Chard.

 DRUMMOND. 

entered the Navy, 14 May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the sloop, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, stationed in the North Sea. We subsequently find him attached for nearly two years to the 36, Capts. Adam Drummond and Edw. Galwey; under the latter of whom he served on the Walcheren expedition in Aug. 1809. From March, 1810, until he invalided in Sept. 1814, Mr. Drummond further officiated, as Midshipman, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, of the 80, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton and Sir John Gore, 44, Capt. John Fyffe,  74, Capt. Sir J. Gore,  36, Capt. Andw. King, and 110, flagship of Sir Rich. King. He obtained his commission 6 April, 1815; and was afterwards appointed, 8 June, 1821, to the 18, commanded on the Leith station by Capt. Chas. Nelson, in which sloop, however, he continued but a short period.

 DRURY. 

died 9 Feb. 1845. He was second son of the late Capt. Rich. Vere Drury, of the Army, Ordnance Storekeeper at Tipnor, near Portsmouth, by Frances, only daughter of Sir Geo. Vandeput, Bart.; and nephew of the late Admiral Thos. Drury.

This officer entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1793, as Midshipman, on board the 32, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Thos. Drury; in which frigate, and in the 50, Commodore John Willet Payne, and  and, flag-ships of Admiral Vandeput, he served his time, on the Newfoundland, Mediterranean, Home, and North American stations. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 28 Sept. 1799, he was afterwards successively appointed, chiefly on the Home station, to the 64, bearing the flag of Admiral Vandeput,  100, Capt. Wm. Domett, 64, Capt. John Lawford,  bomb, Capt. John Sykes, and  18, Capt. John Snrman Garden. He served in the at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801; and was First of the  at the bombardment of Havre de Grace, in Aug. 1804. In March, 1807, Mr. Drury obtained command in North America of the 4; and, on 3 July following, he was removed to that of the  cutter, of 10 18-pounder carronades and 50 men. After conveying the British Ambassador home from Copenhagen, he ultimately sailed for the East Indies; on his passage whither he recaptured the Seaflower brig of 14 guns, and took L’Hirondelle schooner of 6 guns, with despatches on board containing intelligence which eventually led to the reduction of the Isle of France. On 6, 7, and 11 April, 1810, we find Mr. Drury effecting the destruction, in the Straits of Sunda, of three armed vessels, carrying in the whole 6 guns and 132 men. He also took, after an action of two hours, a pirate of 10 guns .and 100 men; and on the 26th of the month last mentioned, with 12 of his men on the sick-list, compelled the Dutch national brig Echo, of 8 6-pounders and 46 men, to surrender, at the close of a sharp engagement of 20 minutes, in which the enemy lost 3 killed and 7 wounded, and the British 4 killed and 3 wounded. The Echo, at the time, was in company with two transports, both of which were likewise taken. For these services Capt. Drury was rewarded with a Commander’s commission, dated 2 May, 1810. He returned to England in Jan. 1811; and was next appointed, 17 June, 1812, to the 18. After cruizing for two years on the Baltic, Mediterranean, and American stations, and obtaining the thanks of the Admiralty for his activity on a Particular Service, he was advanced to Post-rank 7 June, 1814; from which period he remained on half-pay until his death.

Capt. Drury married, first, in 1803, Maria, 