Charles Drury (priest)

Charles Rous Drury (1823–1891) was an Anglican Archdeacon in India in the late 19th century.^[1]

Drury was born at Pondicherry on 1 October 1823. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge^[2] and ordained in 1847.^[3] After curacies in Apuldram, Compton, West Sussex and St Pancras he was Vicar of Leominster from 1852 to 1856. In that year he went as a Chaplain to Madras. He was Archdeacon of Madras from 1875 to 1881. Returning to Sussex he was the incumbent at Westhampnett from 1881^[4] until his death on 29 October 1891. His widow Agnes died in London on 6 January 1924.^[5]

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^ NLS
^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii Chalmers – Fytche (1944) p342
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1868 p195: London, Horace Cox, 1868
^ Ecclesiastical Appointments. The Times (London, England), Friday, 1 September 1882; pg. 10; Issue 30601
^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 8 January 1924; pg. 1; Issue 43543.

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[1] NLS

[2] Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii Chalmers – Fytche (1944) p342

[3] Crockford's Clerical Directory 1868 p195: London, Horace Cox, 1868

[4] Ecclesiastical Appointments. The Times (London, England), Friday, 1 September 1882; pg. 10; Issue 30601

[5] Deaths. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 8 January 1924; pg. 1; Issue 43543.

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