Gordon Drummond

Gordon Drummond
George Theodore Berthon's Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Drummond
Born	27 September 1772 Quebec City, Lower Canada
Died	10 October 1854(1854-10-10) (aged 82) London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom / British Empire
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars Flanders Campaign Egyptian Campaign War of 1812 Capture of Fort Niagara Battle of Buffalo Battle of Lundy's Lane Siege of Fort Erie
Other work	Governor-General and Administrator of Canada

General Sir Gordon Drummond, GCB (27 September 1772 – 10 October 1854) was a Canadian-born British army officer and the first official to command the military and the civil government of Canada. As Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, Drummond distinguished himself on the Niagara front in the War of 1812 and later became Governor-General and Administrator of Canada.

Gordon Drummond was born in Quebec City on 27 September 1772. He was of Scottish descent, the son of Colin Drummond (1722-1776), of Megginch Castle, Perthshire, and his wife Catherine Oliphant of Rossie. His sister married Lord Hervey and his brother married a daughter of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland.

Gordon's father first came to Lower Canada in 1764 as the Quebec agent to the London firm of Sir Samuel Fludyer, Adam Drummond (his brother) & Franks, contractors for victualling the troops in North America. At Quebec, Colin Drummond became a business partner of Jacob Jordan and served as Commissary General, deputy Paymaster General to the Forces in the Province of Quebec and Legislative Councillor. Four years after Colin Drummond's death, in 1780 the family left Quebec and Gordon received his education at Westminster School in England before entering the British army as an ensign with the 1st Foot in 1789.