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Name: WILLOUGHBY, Charles Strathavon Heathcote Drummond, Hon.
Nee: son of 1st Earl of Ancaster
Birth Date: 18 May 1870 London
Death Date: 15 Dec 1949 London
First Date: 1908
Profession: Farmer
Area: Nyeri
Married: In London 7 Jan 1903 Lady Muriel Agnes Stuart Erskine b. 1880 Maidenhead, d. 23 Oct 1967 London (dau of 14th Earl of Buchan)
Children: Charles Peregrine Heathcote Drummond (13 Sep 1905 Chelsea-1 Oct 1965 Vancouver)); Rosalie Heathcote Drummond (Nugent) (10 July 1908 Chelsea-1994 Chelsea)
Book Reference: Land, Burke, Eton
School: Eton
General Information:
Land - 1910 - Hon. C.S.C.D. Willoughby - Grazing and agricultural, 2894 acres - Nyeri District - 2/11/08 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 2 to 99 years from 1/7/10 - Registered 18/10/10
Burke - Charles Strathavon Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby CB, CMG; b. 18 May 1870; Maj Scots Gds Boer War 1899-1902, Lt-Col cmdg 6th London Inf Bde 1912-15 WW1. Hon Brig-Gen; m 7 Jan 1903 Muriel Agnes est dau of 14th Earl of Buchan and d. 15 Dec 1949 leaving - Charles Peregrine (1905), Rosalie (1908)
Hon Charles Strathavon Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, CB, CMG - brother of 2nd Earl of Ancaster - married 1903 Lady Muriel Agnes Stuart Erskine d. of 14th Earl of Buchan
Cambridge Univ Alumni: pens. at TRINITY, May 21, 1888. [2nd] s. of Gilbert [Henry H.] (1849), Baron Aveland, of Normanton Park, Stamford, Lincs. [1st] Earl of Ancaster (and Evelyn, dau. of the 10th Marquess of Huntly). B. [May 18], 1870, in London. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1888. Second Lieut., Scots Guards, 1890; Lieut., 1894; Captain, 1899; Major, 1904. Served in the South African War, 1899-1902. In the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, Scots Guards; Colonel; mentioned 5 times in despatches; C.M.G., 1916; C.B., 1918). For many years Chairman of the Turf Club. Married, Jan. 7, 1903, Lady Muriel Agnes Stuart Erskine, dau. of the 14th Earl of Buchan, and had issue. Died Dec. 15, 1949, in London. Brother of Gilbert H. D. (1886). (Eton Sch. Lists; Army Lists; Univ. War List; Burke, P. and B.; Who's Who; The Times, Dec. 16 and 22, 1949.)