Drummond Bros. & Co. was a real estate, loans, and insurance agency operating in Winnipeg and Montreal in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Andrew Drummond was born in 1811 in Scotland and received his education at the University of Edinburgh. In 1833, he came to Canada at the invitation of his uncle, Robert Drummond, who was involved in extensive work on the Rideau Canal. After the death of Robert Drummond, Andrew held positions at the Bank of Canada in Kingston starting in 1834 and later at the Bank of Montreal in 1846. He published several articles, primarily focusing on botany and geology.
His son Charles played a significant role in promoting the Hudson's Bay Railway. Another son, Frank, was associated with the Northwest Navigation Company, while George attempted to establish a company to promote a new version of a typewriter he invented.
Andrew Thomas Drummond was born on July 18, 1844, in Kingston, Ontario.
He received his B.A. degree from Queen's College. He developed an interest in geology and botany and was a large collector of specimens which he later donated to the college. In 1868, he received his degree of LL. B and decided on a profession of a barrister. He entered the law office of Sir Alexander Campbell in Kingston. After passing the bar, he practised in London, Ontario and later formed a firm Campbell & Drummond in Ottawa. About 1869 he moved to Montreal to engage in commercial pursuits. He became a director of Manitoba and North-Western Railway, the Montreal and Western Land Company and a trustee of Queen's University and Trafalgar Institute in Montreal. He was also an editor of the Record of Science and contributed articles on geology and botany to various scientific journals.
In 1881, he married Florence Catherine Wonham (1857–1933). He died on March 15, 1923, in Kingston, Ontario.
Sir George Alexander Drummond was born on October 11, 1829, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He was a Scottish-Canadian businessman and senator. He studied chemistry at Edinburgh University before coming to Montreal in 1854 to work for his brother-in-law, John Redpath, at Redpath Sugar. In 1888, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada, representing the senatorial division of Kennebec, Quebec, where he served until his death in 1910. From 1887 to 1896, he was a vice-president at the Bank of Montreal and later its president (1905).
In 1894, he helped found the St. Margaret's Home for Incurables. As a member of the Citizen's League, he sought to improve life in Montreal, and he served as president of the Royal Edward Institute, a dispensary for the prevention of tuberculosis. He was the first president of the Royal Canadian Golf Association (1895) and president of the Art Association of Montreal.
In 1857, he married Helen Elizabeth Redpath (d. 1883). In 1884, he re-married Grace Julia Parker. He died on February 2, 1910, in Montreal, Quebec.
George Drummond received his medical education in Edinburgh from 1821-1826.
