1778–1865

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 1778, Larne, An­trim, Ire­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 16, 1865, Dub­lin, Ire­land.

Buried: Har­old’s Cross Ce­me­te­ry, Dub­lin, Ire­land.

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Biography

William was the son of Will­iam Drum­mond, a na­val sur­geon, and Rose Hare.

He mar­ried twice: to Bar­ba­ra Tomb and Ca­the­rine Black­ley. He lost his fa­ther (who had just opened a prac­tice in Bal­ly­clare) in in­fan­cy.

He was edu­cat­ed for the min­is­try at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow. In 1793, he be­came pas­tor of the Second Pres­by­ter­ian Church in Bel­fast, and in 1816, of the Strand Street Church in Dub­lin.

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If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Drum­mond (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),