Life History

27th Apr 1778	Born
1808	Married Caroline Taylor
11th May 1812	Birth of son Henry Drury in Harrow
	Birth of son Benjamin Heath Drury
5th Mar 1841	Died

Notes

"Scholar, son of the Rev. Joseph Drury by Louisa, daughter of Benjamin Heath, D.C.L., of Exeter, he was born at Harrow on 27 ap. 1778 and educated at Eton and Kings College, Cambridge (B.A.1801 M.A. 1804), of which society he was afterwards a fellow.
Drury became under master, and then master of the lower school at Harrow, and among his pupils was Lord Byron (vide a letter from Byron to Drury dated 18 Oct,. 1814 in Moore's Life of Lord Byron)."(Campling)

In the National Portrait Gallerythere are 3 portraits of "Henry Joseph Thomas Drury (1778-1841), Master at Harrow School"

From www.jonathanahill.com

"AUCTION CATALOGUE: DRURY, Henry Joseph Thomas, Rev.)
A Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library of the Rev. Henry Drury, M.A., late Fellow of King's College, Cambridge ... An Extraordinary Collection of Classical and Theological Manuscripts. Best Editions of the Classics. Early Printed Books. Productions of the Aldine Press Press ... which will be sold by Auction, by Mr. Evans ... on Monday, February 19, and Eleven following Days; and on Monday, March 12, and Ten Following Days ... 2 p.l., vii, 262 pp. 8vo, cont. dark red half-sheep & marbled boards (minor rubbing), flat spine gilt. [London]: 1827.
From the tipped-in slip following the title-page: 'Thirty-five copies printed on Writing Paper, for Presents. Presented by the Rev. Henry Drury to [in MS.]: Robert Gatty Esqr.' This copy has been neatly ruled in red throughout with prices and buyers' names in a contemporary hand."

"Drury (1778-1841), 'had a great reputation in his day as a classical scholar, but contented himself with editing selections from the classics for the use of Harrow School.' -ODNB. One of his pupils there was Lord Byron. A good friend of Dibdin, Drury was an original member of the Roxburghe Club to which he presented books in 1817 and 1824. He owned 255 MSS, listed in alphabetical order in the preliminaries, of which Sir Thomas Phillipps, through Thorpe, bought 69 of them. The sale of 4738 lots realized 8,917.13.0 pounds."

" Byron Drury R.N., Son of Rev. Henry Drury, of Harrow. .. 1815, Born.
9 June 1846, Married Helen Stewart, daughter .."

From A naval biographical dictionary

"DRURY Commander 1845 .. Byron Drury is son of the late Rev. Henry Drury of Harrow of the school at which place that gentleman and his father, Dr. Drury, were masters for about 70 years.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 1828, and embarked 13 Aug 1830, as a Volunteer on board the Ætna surveying vessel, Capt. Edw. Belcher. He afterwards served for upwards of three years latterly as Midshipman in the Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin, on the Mediterranean station and joining next the Racehorse 18, Capt Sir Jas Everard Home, took an active part as Mate in the siege of Paris in 1835, where he was for several days in action with the enemy's batteries With Sir Gordon Bremer, in the Alligator 28.
Mr Drury subsequently assisted in surveying the harbour at Port Essington in South Australia during the formation of that place into a settlement. On eventually proceeding to India, he there became, 30 Nov 1839, Acting Lieutenant of the same vessel in which he continued until his removal, 6 July 1841, to the Calliope 26, Capt Augustus Leopold Kuper. He had previously to that event borne a part in most of the hostilities against the Chinese, had commanded a division boats at the first capture of Canton - and had been officially promoted by commission, dated 8 June 1841. While in the Calliope he rendered himself particularly useful by his valuable exertions in surveying and sounding the channels in the Yang tse Kiang preparatory to the ascent of the fleet to Nanking.
Mr Drury's next appointments appear to have been - 30 Sept 1843, to the Shearwater steamer, Capt. Chas. Gepp Robinson, employed in surveying the coast of Scotland - and 10 Feb 1845, to the Herald 26, Capt. Henry Kellett, fitting for the Pacific. He was superseded from the latter ship on promotion to his present rank, 22 May 1845, and since 28 Feb 1846 has been re-borne on the books of the Shearwater in the capacity of Additional Commander. He married, 9 June 1846, Helen Stewart daughter of Robert Morris Esq. of Moorburn, Ayrshire.