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Major-General Laurence George Drummond CB, CBE, MVO, DL, JP (13 March 1861 – 20 May 1946) was a British Army general officer. Drummond saw active service in the Bechuanaland Expedition (1884–1885), the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War (1895–1896), the Soudan Expedition, the Second Boer War, and the Great War of 1914–1918, and retired to Kent in 1920 to become a magistrate and a keen gardener. ==Life== The only son of Admiral Sir James Robert Drummond, a younger son of Viscount Strathallan, by his marriage to Catherine Frances Elliot,〔Charles Mosley, ed., ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, volume 1 (Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003), p. 117〕 Drummond was educated at Eton College and from 1874 to 1877 was second Page of Honour to Queen Victoria.〔'Major-Gen. L. G. Drummond' (obituary) in ''The Times'' (London), issue 50457 dated May 21, 1946, p. 6〕〔''London Gazette'', issue number 24506 dated September 25, 1877, (p. 5367 )〕 After training at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,〔 he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Coldstream Guards on 13 August 1879, but in September transferred to the Scots Guards.〔Sir John Foster George Ross of Bladensburg, ''A history of the Coldstream guards, from 1815 to 1895'' (1896), p. 476: "Lawrence George Drummond, 2nd Lieut. 13 Aug. 1879."〕 He saw active service on the Bechuanaland Expedition of 1884–1885 in command of a troop of Methuen's Horse,〔 and on 3 May 1886, on his return from Bechuanaland, the Duke of Connaught presented him to his brother the Prince of Wales at a Levée at St James's Palace.〔''The Times'' (London), issue 31750 dated May 4, 1886, p. 10〕 The next day, 5 May 1886, Drummond married Katherine Mary Antrobus, the daughter of Hugh Lindsay Antrobus and Mary Adam and a granddaughter of Admiral Sir Charles Adam.〔 He was promoted Captain in 1888. From 1892 to 1897 he served as aide-de-camp to the Major-General commanding the Home District, during which period he commanded a Guards Company in the Special Service Corps and saw active service again on the Ashantee Expedition of 1895–1896, gaining the Ashanti Star, and in 1897 was promoted Major. In 1898 he joined the Soudan Expedition, when he was mentioned in despatches and decorated with the Queen's Medal and the Egyptian Medal. From 1898 to 1900 he was posted to Ottawa as Military Secretary to the Governor-General of Canada, the Earl of Minto,〔〔'Drummond, Maj.-Gen. Laurence (George)' in ''Who Was Who 1941–1950'' (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-2131-1)〕 but he interrupted this posting in 1899 to return to South Africa, accompanying a Canadian contingent joining the war.〔Bernd Horn, Roch Legault, J. H. P. M. Caron, ''Loyal Service: Perspectives on French-Canadian Military Leaders'' (Dundurn: 2007), (p. 180 )〕 One historian has said of Drummond's interlude in Canada – Drummond commanded the Kimberley Mounted Infantry from 1899 to 1900, being again mentioned in despatches and serving as a Staff officer with the 1st Division. After the Boer War he was appointed Assistant Staff Officer to the Inspector General of the Forces, then in 1904 was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel (later the same year Brevet-Colonel) commanding the third Battalion the Scots Guards. From 1908 to 1912 he commanded the 7th Infantry Brigade and in 1913 was promoted Major-General, serving throughout the Great War of 1914–1918, when he was again mentioned in despatches but held no divisional commands. He retired the service in 1920.〔 With his wife Drummond had four children: Lindsay Drummond (1891–1951), Stella Katherine Drummond (1895–1982), Esme Drummond (died 1899), and James Arthur Lawrence Drummond (1905–1995).〔 Their daughter Stella married the Conservative politician Lord Eustace Percy, who became Baron Percy of Newcastle.〔L. G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages, with Genealogies and Arms'' (London: Heraldry Today, 1972), p. 216〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laurence Drummond」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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