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the second and youngest son of Robert Forbes, of Corse, in Banffshire, N.B., by Anne, daughter of John Abernethy, of Corskie, Esq.; but he assumed the surname and arms of “Drummond,” in addition to those of his own family, upon his marriage with Mary, daughter of Dr. Ogilvie, and heiress, by special settlement of her cousin, Barbara, only daughter and heiress of William Drummond, of Hawthornden, co. Mid-Lothian, Esq. He obtained a patent of baronetcy in Feb. 1828, and died at Midfield, May 23d, 1829; at which latter period he had held the rank of commander nearly thirty-two years. His only child having married Francis, eldest son of the late James Walker, of Daley, in Mid-Lothian, that gentleman has succeeded to the baronetcy, and likewise assumed the additional surname and arms of Drummond. 



as midshipman on board the Crown 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore the Hon. William Cornwallis, in the East Indies; obtained a lieutenant’s commission in 1792; and was promoted to the command of the Explosion bomb, in Aug. 1797. We next find him conducting the Falcon fire-vessel into Dunkirk roads, in the night of July 7th, 1800 ; and subsequently commanding the inspector and Raleigh sloops. The out-pension of Greenwich Hospital was granted to him May 31st, 1826. 



made a commander in Oct. 1797; and subsequently employed as an agent for transports and prisoners of war.

