Edward Hay-Drummond


Edward Auriol Hay-Drummond, the fifth son of Robert Hay Drummond and his wife, Henrietta née Auriol, who were married on 31 January 1748.

Personal life

He was baptised in St. Margaret's, Westminster. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
On 12 December 1782 he married Elizabeth Vismes, daughter of William, Comte de Vismes, and she bore him a daughter, Henrietta Auriol Hay-Drummond, who was married in 1831 to Morgan Watkins; and a son, Edward William Auriol Drummond-Hay, who was married 14 December 1812 to Louisa Margaret Thomson.
On 24 May 1791 Edward Hay-Drummond was married again, to Amelia Emily Auriol in St George's, Hanover Square. She was born in 1762 and died on 7 October 1840, in Southwold, Suffolk. She bore him a daughter, Amelia Auriol Hay-Drummond, on 11 September 1794, in Little Missenden — the daughter later eloped with his curate, George Wilkins, to Gretna Green, where they were married on 2 September 1811, ten days before her 17th birthday. The couple then returned to live in the parental home in Hadleigh, and went on to have fifteen children, a granddaughter of one of whom was Olave St. Clair Soames, who became World Chief Guide. His second wife died on 31 January 1871 in Bayswater.

Works

Two of his works are still available today:-
He is believed to have fathered a total of ten children, including the two mentioned above, and Henrietta and Charlotte.

Career

He was "of the Parish of St Margaret's, Westminster" at the time of his second marriage.
He died on 30 December 1829 in Hadleigh and was buried at Hadleigh within the altar rails on 9 January 1830. There is a mural monument on the south wall of the Lady Chapel at Hadleigh.