Years of service 1865-1911 Allegiance United Kingdom Rank Admiral | Name Charles Drury | |
Born August 27, 1846Rothesay, New Brunswick ( 1846-08-27 ) Commands held East Indies StationMediterranean FleetNore Command Awards Order of the Bath, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Star of India | ||
Admiral Sir Charles Carter Drury (August 27, 1846 – May 18, 1914) was a Canadian Royal Navy Admiral who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.
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Naval career
Born in Rothesay, New Brunswick, he was the son of LeBaron Drury (1813–1882), British Consul and High Sheriff of Saint John, New Brunswick, by his wife Eliza Sophia Poyntz, daughter of Colonel James Poyntz (1796–1887), of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot.
Drury joined the Royal Navy and was made a sub-lieutenant in 1865. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1868, to Commander in 1878 and to Captain in 1885. Drury was appointed Commanding Officer of the battleship HMS Hood in 1895.
Promoted to Rear Admiral in 1899, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station from June 1902, and then Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1903. He was promoted to Vice-Admiral in 1904, and became Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet from 1907 before being promoted to Admiral and becoming Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1908. He retired in 1911.
He was Aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria from 1897 to 1899. His first cousin, Major-General Charles William Drury, was the father of Lady Beaverbrook.
Family
Drury married Francis Ellen Whitehead, daughter of Robert Whitehead, of Beckett, Shrivenham, Berkshire. She died at the residence of her father on 22 February 1900.