Charles Carter Drury

Sir Charles Carter Drury
Sir Charles Carter Drury
Born	August 27, 1846; Rothesay, New Brunswick
Died	May 18, 1914 (aged 67); London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1865-1911
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	East Indies Station; Mediterranean Fleet; Nore Command
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India

Admiral Sir Charles Carter Drury GCB GCVO KCSI (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.

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.[1] Drury was appointed Commanding Officer of the battleship HMS Hood in 1895.[2]

Promoted to Rear Admiral in 1899, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station from June 1902,[3] and then Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1903.[4] 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.[5][6] He retired in 1911.[1]

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.[7]

References

"ADMIRAL SIR C. C. DRURY.; Second Lord of Admiralty from 1903 Until 1908 Dies in London". New York Times. May 19, 1914. p. 9.
HMS Hood
"Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36763). London. 9 May 1902. p. 10.
"Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904 - 1975". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
Attending the Prince of Wales The Duke of York's Royal Military School
Matron's Memories - the Gillingham naval orphans' home Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Naval Historical Collectors & Research Association
"Deaths". The Times (36074). London. 24 February 1900. p. 1.

External links

The Dreadnought Project: Charles Carter Drury

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Day Bosanquet	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station 1902–1903	Succeeded by Sir George Atkinson-Willes
Preceded by Sir John Fisher	Second Sea Lord 1903–1907	Succeeded by Sir William May
Preceded by Lord Charles Beresford	Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet 1907–1908	Succeeded by Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe
Preceded by Sir Gerard Noel	Commander-in-Chief, The Nore 1908–1911	Succeeded by Sir Richard Poore

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[NYTimes-1] "ADMIRAL SIR C. C. DRURY.; Second Lord of Admiralty from 1903 Until 1908 Dies in London". New York Times. May 19, 1914. p. 9.

[2] HMS Hood

[3] "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36763). London. 9 May 1902. p. 10.

[4] "Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904 - 1975". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2010-07-17.

[5] Attending the Prince of Wales The Duke of York's Royal Military School

[6] Matron's Memories - the Gillingham naval orphans' home Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Naval Historical Collectors & Research Association

[7] "Deaths". The Times (36074). London. 24 February 1900. p. 1.