Colonel Henry Maurice Drummond-Hay (7 June 1814 – 3 January 1896) was a Scottish soldier, naturalist and ornithologist.
Son of Vice-Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, K.C.B., 7th of Megginch Castle, Perthshire, and his wife Lady Charlotte Murray. In June 1832 he received his commission in the 42nd Royal Highlanders, serving in Ireland, Malta, Corfu, Bermuda, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Drummond-Hay was the first president of the British Ornithologists' Union and one of its twenty founders in 1858. On his marriage to Charlotte Elizabeth Richardson Hay, the heiress of Seggieden, in 1859, he took her family name of Hay. For the last twenty years of his life he devoted himself to the natural history of Perthshire and Tayside, and especially the formation of the Perth Museum.
Son of Vice-Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, K.C.B., 7th of Megginch Castle, Perthshire, and his wife Lady Charlotte Murray. In June 1832 he received his commission in the 42nd Royal Highlanders, serving in Ireland, Malta, Corfu, Bermuda, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Drummond-Hay was the first president of the British Ornithologists' Union and one of its twenty founders in 1858. On his marriage to Charlotte Elizabeth Richardson Hay, the heiress of Seggieden, in 1859, he took her family name of Hay. For the last twenty years of his life he devoted himself to the natural history of Perthshire and Tayside, and especially the formation of the Perth Museum.
Colonel Henry Maurice Drummond-Hay (7 June 1814 – 3 January 1896) was a Scottish soldier, naturalist and ornithologist.
Son of Vice-Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, K.C.B., 7th of Megginch Castle, Perthshire, and his wife Lady Charlotte Murray. In June 1832 he received his commission in the 42nd Royal Highlanders, serving in Ireland, Malta, Corfu, Bermuda, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Drummond-Hay was the first president of the British Ornithologists' Union and one of its twenty founders in 1858. On his marriage to Charlotte Elizabeth Richardson Hay, the heiress of Seggieden, in 1859, he took her family name of Hay. For the last twenty years of his life he devoted himself to the natural history of Perthshire and Tayside, and especially the formation of the Perth Museum.
Son of Vice-Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, K.C.B., 7th of Megginch Castle, Perthshire, and his wife Lady Charlotte Murray. In June 1832 he received his commission in the 42nd Royal Highlanders, serving in Ireland, Malta, Corfu, Bermuda, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Drummond-Hay was the first president of the British Ornithologists' Union and one of its twenty founders in 1858. On his marriage to Charlotte Elizabeth Richardson Hay, the heiress of Seggieden, in 1859, he took her family name of Hay. For the last twenty years of his life he devoted himself to the natural history of Perthshire and Tayside, and especially the formation of the Perth Museum.
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HENRY MAURICE DRUMMOND HAY / Youngest Son Of Admiral Sir ADAM And / Lady CHARLOTTE DRUMMOND / Of Megginch / Grandson Of JOHN, 4th Duke Of Atholl / Born 7th June 1814 / Died 3rd January 1896 / Served In The XLII Royal Highlanders / 1832 – 1852 / Colonel Commandant / Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia / 1852 – 1872 / J.P. And D.L. Of County Of Perth
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