DRAKE'S DRUM
LEGEND SAYS IT BEATS IN ENGLAND'S DANGER. DEATH OF. OWNER. Lord -Seaton, of Buckland Abbey, Yelverton, Devon, died last month after an illness lasting a fortnight, aged 79. • He was the possessor of Drake's drum, which' is supposed by legend to heat in ghostly fashion whenever Britain is in danger. Many other relics of Sir Francis Drake have been handed down as heirlooms hy the family, including a model of the Golden Hind, iii which Drake sailed round the world. t Lord Seaton's grandfather, the first . holder of the title, was Field Marshal Sir John Colhorne, who fought at Waterloo. For his serviees Parliament granted him a pension of £2000, remainder to his two immediate successors. It lapses with the death of the preseiit Lord Seaton, who at the end of 1931 voluntarily cut it' by 10 per cent. His heih is his brother, Mojor the Hoh. James C olh or he - Vi vi an , who in 1904 married Caroline Mabel, daughter of the late Sir Arthur Pendarves Vivian.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 664, 17 October 1933, Page 2
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171DRAKE'S DRUM Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 664, 17 October 1933, Page 2
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