Edmund Rupert Drummond

In 1910 he married Evelyn Frances Butler, eldest daughter of Lord Arthur Butler (later 4th Marquess of Ormonde) and Chicago heiress Ellen, Lady Arthur Butler (known as Lady Evelyn Drummond after her father succeeded as Marquess of Ormonde in 1919).^[11] The couple had three children:^[12]

• Anne Drummond (1911 - 1985) m1. Capt. Charles Stratton m2. Lt. Col. Lawrence Bickmore m3. Lt. Col. Arthur Murray m4. Brigadier James Windsor-Lewis^[12]
  • John Mark Stratton
  • Margaret Anne Stratton m1. Richard Fortescue, 7th Earl Fortescue m2. Maj. Jocelyn Olaf Hambro
  • Peter Christopher Bickmore m. Isabel FitzAlan-Howard, daughter of Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard
• Jean Drummond (1914 - 1997) m. Lt. Col. Walter George Finney^[12]
  • Sarah Anne Finney
  • Rachel Mary Finney
  • Elizabeth Jean Finney
• James Ralph Drummond (1918 - 1944) (presumed dead following the disappearance of HMS Sickle)

Drummond's wife Lady Evelyn served as a First Officer (equivalent to the rank of Lieutenant Commander) in the Women's Royal Naval Service at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.^[13][14][15] Lady Evelyn was described as "one of a remarkable collection of junior officers," inspected in 1941 by WRNS Director Vera Laughton Mathews in the latter's memoir Blue Tapestry.^[15]

The 1921 United Kingdom census records that Capt. Drummond and Lady Evelyn Drummond lived at Blackbrook Grove in Fareham, Hampshire. Their household included a domestic Nurse, Housekeeper, Cook, Nurserymaid, Parlour maid, Kitchen maid, and two gardeners.^[16] Blackbrook Grove was later purchased in 1927 by the newly-created Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth as an official residence for the Bishop of Portsmouth, and the house was renamed Bishopswood.^[17]

The couple's electoral roll address from the period of c. 1918 - 1920 was No. 39 Elm Park Gardens in Chelsea, London.^[18] The couple were living at Elm Park Gardens in November 1919; records survive of an advertisement for a domestic maid made by Lady Evelyn in The Times, which noted that six maids were kept in the household.^[19] By 1924 their London address was 21 Moreton Terrace in Pimlico, Westminster.^[20] During the 1930s the couple lived at The Old Manor in Fareham, although the house was leased in 1934, and again from 1935-38 when Drummond was stationed in New Zealand.^[21][22]

The couple were close with Scottish Noblewoman Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, who was also the Suo jure 12th Lady Herries of Terregles. Lady Evelyn and the couple's eldest daughter Anne stayed at Norfolk House, London from January to April 1929.^[23]

Following the conclusion of the Second World War, Drummond and his wife rented the 12,500 acre Garynahine Estate near Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis duries the 1950s,^[24] and he served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty.^[25] They departed Garynahine in 1959 when the estate's owners decided to sell the property,^[24] and during the 1960s they lived at No. 2 Queen's Acre in Windsor, Berkshire.^[26]

Drummond died in September 1965 at Windsor. His funeral was held at The Royal Chapel, Windsor Great Park; attendees included his nephew David Drummond, 8th Earl of Perth, Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, and Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort.^[27]