Early Life, Family and Training Thomas Drummond enters the world in 1850 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is the son of James Scott Drummond, a tea plantation manager, and Margaret McPherson. The stability of his early years is short-lived. By 1855, his mother has passed away. Only two years later, his father dies as well, leaving Thomas and his four siblings as orphans. The family's trajectory shifts abruptly on 22 May 1857, when they board…