A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Drummond, Edgar Atheling
DRUMMOND. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Edgar Atheling 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 Vanguard 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was promoted, 28 Aug. 1846, to a Lieutenancy in the Vestal 26, Capt, Chas. Talbot, also in the East Indies, where he is still employed.