Maj.Gen commanding the 3rd Bn. Scots Guards; Brig.Gen. commanding 7th Infantry Bde. Southern Command 1908-12. Page of Honour to HM Queen Victoria. Served in Bechuanaland 1884-5, Ashanti 1895-6, Sudan 1898, Boer War and WWI. Military secretary to Lord Minto, 1898–1900. Held the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun.
Occupation
He was a professional soldier - Commissioned into the Scots Guards, he rose to the rank of Major General. C.B., K.C.B., M.V.O.
Marriage
He married Katherine Mary Antrobus in 1886 in St George Hanover Square (probably actually that church but there are other churches within the area.[1]
↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D8Y-WDR : 13 December 2014), Katherine Mary Antrobus, 1886; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1886, quarter 2, vol. 1A, p. 799, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NZX-VNT : 1 October 2014), Lawrence George Drummond, 1861; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Greenwich, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
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