Life History

11th Feb 1750	Born
	Married Louisa Heath
27th Apr 1778	Birth of son Henry Joseph Drury
about 1780	Birth of daughter Louisa Heath Drury
about 1780	Birth of son Benjamin Heath Drury
about 1780	Birth of son Charles Drury
1834	Died

Notes

From The History of the Family of Drury In the Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk From the Conquest by Arthur Campling, London, 1937:

"Prebendary of Wells"

"famous Headmaster of Harrow School"

"His influence over his boys may be judged by the feelings he inspired in such a difficult pupil as Lord Byron."

From Wikipedia:

"Joseph Drury (1750-1834) was Head Master of Harrow School 1785-1805, and first of a dynasty of Drurys to teach at Harrow.

He married Louisa Heath, from whose brother Benjamin Heath, he took over the head mastership of Harrow in 1785. (Another of Louisa's brothers, George Heath, was Head Master of Eton College 1792-1802.)

His brother Mark Drury was Second Master at Harrow. He married Catherine Angelo, daughter of the fencing master at Eton, Domenico Angelo, and sister of the celebrated Eton Dame, Florella Angelo.

His son Henry Joseph Drury (1778-1841) was a master at Harrow, where he was tutor to Lord Byron, with whom he later became a friend a correspondent. Henry Drury married Ann Tayler, whose sister later married Francis Hodgson, Provost of Eton College. Henry Joseph's son Benjamin Heath Drury (1817-1902) was a master at Harrow.

Another of Joseph's sons, Benjamin Heath Drury (1782-1835), became an Assistant-master at Eton."