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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.