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  • Family name: Drummond
  • Family name of Viscount of Strathallan, although Laurence and Katherine Mary Drummond are not in the immediate family of the Viscount Strathallan. The Viscount Strathallan is Laurence Drummond's grandfather by a subsequent son.[1]
  • Major-General Drummond (1913)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

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Organizations

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Laurence George Drummond

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  • Eton College[1]
  • Royal Military College, Sandhurst[1]
  • Scots Guards promotions[1]
    • Captain (1888)
    • Major (1897)
    • Lieutenant-Colonel and then Brevet-Colonel (1904)
    • Major-General (1913)
  • Clubs[1]
    • Turf Club
    • Bath Club

Timeline

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1886 May 3, Second-Lieutenant Laurence Drummond was presented to the Prince of Wales by Prince Arthur (Duke of Connaught).[1]

1886 May 4, Laurence Drummond and Katherine Mary Antrobus married.[2]

1897 July 2, Friday, Major and Mrs. Drummond attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

Black-and-white photograph of a standing woman richly dressed in an historical costume with a fan and a diamond tiara
Katherine Drummond in costume as a lady from the time of Charles II. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

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Katherine Mary Drummond

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Katherine Mary Drummond (at 309) attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball. The various accounts describe her costume in slightly different ways:

  • The Gentlewoman says she was a "lady of the Court of Louis XIII.," dressed in "pale blue satin, with petticoat edged silver braid, with three sets of ruby and diamond buttons."[3]:p. 36, Col. 1b
  • The Morning Post, Times (and hence Evening Mail) say she was was dressed as Donna Caranado in the 17th-century procession.[4][5][6]:p. 8, Col. 1c
  • The National Portrait Gallery says she came as a lady from the time of Charles II.[7]

Alexander Bassano's portrait of "Katherine Mary Drummond (née Antrobus) as a lady from the time of Charles II" in costume is #75 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[8] The printing on the portrait says, "Mrs. Lawrence Drummond as a lady of the time of Charles II."[7]

Laurence Drummond

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Major Laurence Drummond (at 507) was dressed as a soldier.[3]:p. 40, Col. 2a–b

Demographics

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  • Nationality: the Viscountcy of Strathallan is in Scotland; the Drummonds and Antrobuses are British.[1]

Family

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  • Maj.-Gen. Laurence George Drummond (13 March 1861 – 20 May 1946)[9]
  • Katherine Mary Antrobus ( – 9 September 1947)[2]
    1. Esmé Helen Drummond (21 January 1887 – 28 July 1899)
    2. Lindsay Drummond (31 January 1891 – 21 Jun 1951)
    3. Stella Katherine Drummond (22 May 1895 – 21 February 1982)
    4. James Arthur Lawrence Drummond (21 July 1905 – December 1995)

Notes and Questions

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Footnotes

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Laurence Drummond". Wikipedia. 2020-12-26. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laurence_Drummond&oldid=996434421. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Katherine Mary Antrobus." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.
  4. ↑ "Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House." Morning Post Saturday 3 July 1897: 7 [of 12], Col. 4a–8 Col. 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/054/0007.
  5. ↑ "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
  6. ↑ “Ball at Devonshire House.” Evening Mail 05 July 1897 Monday: 8 [of 8], Col. 1a–4c [of 6]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003187/18970705/070/0008.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Katherine Mary Drummond (née Antrobus) as a lady from the time of Charles II." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158431/Katherine-Mary-Drummond-ne-Antrobus-as-a-lady-from-the-time-of-Charles-II.
  8. ↑ "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
  9. ↑ "Maj.-Gen. Laurence George Drummond." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
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