Life History

Notes

"'He was a man, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.' The name of Drury is a household word with half the intellect of the kingdom. Henry Drury inherited with the name, the pre-eminence as classical scholars of his family, a profound learning which was blended with buoyant wit and freshness. At school he obtained the Peel Medal, and nearly all the 'blue ribbons' of Harrow, and passed on to Cambridge with the fame of one equal to the high standard of his forefathers.
There the failure of his health, and consequent loss of eyesight for a time, prevented him from going out in honours at the time required, but in token of his fame he was nevertheless selected to be classical lecturer of his College. As Chaplain of the House of Commons, he was thrown into close acquaintance and intimacy with the most distinquished members of the House, and we are bold to say that there was never a more popular Chaplain."

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