Name Sir Drury, | Role Politician | |
Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet (1712 – 1759) of Wickham Hall near Maldon, Essex, and Overstone, Northamptonshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1741 and 1747.
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Family
Drury was born in London and baptised on 12 November 1712 at St Andrew's Church, Holborn. He was the son of Richard Drury of Colne, Hunts. by Joyce, daughter of Thomas Beacon of Great Ilford, Essex. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and was a barrister at law of the Inner Temple, London. He married Martha, daughter of Sir John Tyrrell, 3rd Bt., of Heron, Essex and Mary Dolliffe on 11 October 1737 at Somerset House Chapel, The Strand, London.
In 1737 he inherited a fortune estimated at £230,000, including an estate near Maldon, from his maternal uncle, Thomas Beacon, a brewer in Shoreditch, London.
Career
He was he was elected Member of Parliament for Maldon (UK Parliament constituency) in 1741. He was created 1st Baronet Drury, of Overstone, co. Northampton on 16 February 1739 and was invested as a Knight. He served as High Sheriff of Essex from 1740-1 and High Sheriff of Northamptonshire from 1748-9. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1758