DRUMMOND, Maldwin Andrew Cyril (1932-2017)

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph and Times of 23 February 2017: DRUMMOND  Maldwin Andrew Cyril died peacefully on 18th February 2017, aged 84. Much loved husband of Gilly, father of Frederica, Annabella and Aldred, step-father to Sophie, Ariane and Laura. Service at Fawley Church, Hampshire 11am Thursday, 16th March. Family flowers only. Leading protagonist for the conservation of historic ships including SS Great Britain, HMS WARRIOR and CUTTY SARK, environmentalist and author. Recently reprinted, with illustrations by Martyn Mackrill, The Riddle, the background to The Riddle of the Sands first published in 1985. Donations, if desired, to The UK Associates of Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences: Ocean Science Scholarships for UK Students. HMS INVINCIBLE Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust. Contact: Claire House-Norman, Fundraising Director. Friends of the New Forest.

He was s of Maj Cyril Augustus DRUMMOND (1873-1945), scion of the PERTH earls, and his 2nd wife Mildred Joan Harrington HUMPHRYS (later Mrs John Quinnell, 1904-76). He m 1st 1955 (div 1977) Susan Dorothy Marie Gabrielle (b 1934) d of Maj Sir Kenelm Henry Ernest CAYLEY 10th Bt (1896-1967) and Frances Elizabeth Edwyna BREWIS (1908-74), and had two daus as above. He m 2nd 1978 Gillian (Gilly) Vera (b 1939) d of Charles Gavin CLARK and Vera Katharine ROYDEN ?(1915-96), scion of the Bts of that name, and had a son as above.