Brigadier-General Francis William Drummond Quinton CIE (27 November 1865 — 5 December 1926) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army.
The son of the colonial administrator James Wallace Quinton, he was born in British India at Faizabad in November 1865.
[2] Earlier in 1885, he had made his debut in first-class cricket for C. I. Thornton's England XI against Cambridge University,[3] having previously played minor matches for Devon prior to the formation of the present day county club.
[4] In 1892, while playing regimental cricket, he scored 216 not out in a match for the RA against the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
[6] In the RA, Quinton was promoted to captain in February 1896,[7] and was appointed to the RMA as an instructor in April of the same year.