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Edward William Auriol Drummond-Hay (4 April 1785 – February 1845) was a British soldier, antiquarian and diplomat.
Drummond-Hay was the son of Edward Hay-Drummond and Elizabeth de Vismes, and the grandson of Archbishop Robert Hay Drummond. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1806.
He 1808 he received a commission in the British Army and served with the 61st Regiment of Foot and 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot during the Napoleonic Wars. He fought in the Peninsular War and was present at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
On leaving the army, Drummond-Hay pursued his interest in antiquities and history, including undertaking a translation of Frederika Freygang and Wilhelm von Freygang's Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia. In August 1823 he moved to Edinburgh upon being appointed Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records, the role having been secured through the influence of his cousin, Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull. On 8 March 1824, he joined the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and was its Secretary between 1827 and 1829.
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