Adam Drummond, 17th Baron Strange

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Adam Humphrey Drummond, 17th Baron Strange (born April 20, 1953 ) is a British nobleman.

Drummond is the son of Captain Humphrey ap Evans, MC, who took the name Drummond of Megginch in 1965, and Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange , a British writer who was also a member of the House of Lords until 1999 . The 17th Baron dispensed with the addition of Megginch after his surname.

Drummond was educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and Heriot-Watt Universities . He was a major in the Grenadier Guards .

Drummond married Mary Emma Jeronima Dewar, daughter of Baron Forteviot, in 1988. They have a son and a daughter.

In 2005 he succeeded his mother as Baron Strange . The day before her death, she changed her will and bequeathed her entire fortune, including Megginch Castle, to her youngest daughter.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b "Lady Strange cuts five children from her will," by Auslan Cramb, Daily Telegraph , April 20, 2006, accessed April 15, 2010.
  2. ↑ a b "The Strange case of the Battling Baroness and the £ 3m will changed on her deathbed"Template: dead link /! ... nourl  ( page no longer available ), Jonathan Brocklebank, Daily Mail , April 20, 2006, online at Findarticles.com . Retrieved April 15, 2010 Template: dead link /! ... nourl ( page no longer available )
predecessor Office successor
Cherry Drummond Baron Strange
since 2005
personal data
SURNAME Drummond, Adam, 17th Baron Strange
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drummond, Adam Humphrey, 17th Baron Strange (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1953