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DRUMMOND, ROBERT, second son of Adm. Sir Adam Drummond KCH, Megginch Castle, Perthshire, and Lady Charlotte Murray, widow of Sir John Menzies, Bart., and eldest dau. of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (qv); nephew of John Drummond (adm. 1765, qv, if correctly identified); b. 22 Jun 1804; adm. 22 Apr 1818 (Packharness'); Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. 14 Mar 1823; migr. Trin. Coll. Camb., adm. pens. 30 Jun 1823; BA 1827; MA 1831; ordained deacon 1828, priest 1829 (both Lincoln); Vicar of Feering, Essex 20 Jun 1829-66; m. 19 Jan 1841 Hon. Charlotte Olivia Elizabeth Strutt, second dau. of Joseph Holden Strutt MP, Col. South Essex and West Essex Militias, and Charlotte, Baroness Rayleigh; d. 1883.

DRUMMOND, WILLIAM RUSSELL, brother of Gordon Drummond (qv); b. 13 Jan 1812; adm. 20 Jun 1821 (Stelfox's); entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 13 Jan 1832; killed at Callao, South America 31 Jan 1835.

Drury, Alfred Paul Dalou, son of Alfred Drury, R. A., of Wimbledon, by Phebe M., younger daughter of the Rev. G. Lyon Turner, M.A., of South Hayling, Hants; b. Oct. 14, 1903; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (H); migrated up Grant's April 1918; left July 1920; Univ. of London; Goldsmiths' Coll. School of Art 1920-25; British Institution Scholar in Engraving 1924; Fellow of the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, 1932; a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and other exhibitions; served in Great War II in Orthopaedic Dept., Queen Mary's Hosp., Roehampton; m. 1937 Enid Marie, painter, only child of Victor Solomon; d. 19 May 1987.

DRURY, JOSEPH, son of Thomas Drury, London, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Hilton, London; b. 11 Feb 1750; adm. (perhaps as chorister); KS 1765; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1768, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1768, matr. Mich. 1768, but unable to remain at university through lack of means; Assistant Master, Harrow School 1769-85; ordained deacon (London) 24 Feb 1773, priest 21 Dec 1779; readm. Trin. Coll. Camb. 2 Jun 1774; BD 1784; DD 1789; Head Master, Harrow School Easter 1785 - Easter 1805; Vicar of Aldwinckle, Northants., 1 Jul 1788-1806, resigned; Rector of Pilton, Northants., 27 Dec 1794 - 1806, resigned; retired to Lockwood, near Dawlish, Devon; Prebendary of Wells from 17 Mar 1812; a successful teacher and firm disciplinarian, under whose rule Harrow increased both in numbers and in reputation; Byron refers gratefully to him in his Hours of Idleness and in a note to Childe Harold, canto iv, st. 75; m. 5 Aug 1775 Louisa, dau. of Benjamin Heath DCL, Town Clerk of Exeter, and sister of Benjamin Heath, Head Master of Harrow School; d. 9 Jan 1834. DNB.

Drury, Reginald John, son of John Henry Drury, of Tooting, by Emily Turner; b. Nov. 10, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (A); left Dec. 1906; served with the H. A. C. (Infantry) 1914-7; Capt. Nov. 1, 1916; was twice wounded; seconded to R.E. on War Office duties 1917-9; secretary to a public company; m. June 1, 1918, Marjorie Lincoln, daughter of Lincoln Chandler, of Wimbledon; d. 1 Jan. 1984.

DRURY, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Drury, Nottingham; b.; adm.; KS 1677; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1679, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1679, aged 18, scholar 1680, matr. 1682; BA 1682/3; MA 1686; Fellow of Trinity Coll. from 1685, Junior Dean 1710-3; Senior Proctor 1706-7; signed petition to Bishop of Ely against Dr Richard Bentley 1709; buried Trinity Coll. Chapel 16 Nov 1714.

DRY, JOHN, son of John Dry, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. Kingston upon Thames 18 Aug 1725 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1737/8; left 1743; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1743; BA 1747; MA 1750. [Perhaps Rector of Somerford Keynes, Wilts., in 1783]. [will of Rev. John Dry, Thames Ditton, Surrey, d. 4 Nov 1794, proved PCC 28 Nov 1794]

DRYDEN, BEVILL, youngest son of Edward Dryden, Canons Ashby, Northants., and Elizabeth, second dau. of Edward Allen, Finchley, Middlesex; b.; adm. (aged 13) Oct 1727; in school list 1729; adm. attorney, Common Pleas 9 Jul 1736; of Marlborough, Wilts., and afterwards of Ore, Berks.; m. Mary, dau. of William Dummer, Cirencester, Gloucs.; d. 1758.