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Drury was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 16 June, 1904, vice [[Charles Lister Oxley|Oxley]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27692/pages/4259 no. 27692.  p. 4259.]  5 July, 1904.</ref>
 
Drury was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 16 June, 1904, vice [[Charles Lister Oxley|Oxley]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27692/pages/4259 no. 27692.  p. 4259.]  5 July, 1904.</ref>
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He was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 11 April, 1908, vice [[Swinton Colthurst Holland|Holland]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28128/pages/2850 no. 28128.  p. 2850.]  14 April, 1908.</ref>
  
 
On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was promoted Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Bath (G.C.B) on 19 June, 1911.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28505/supplements/4588 (Supplement) no. 28505.  p. 4588.]  19 June, 1911.</ref>
 
On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was promoted Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Bath (G.C.B) on 19 June, 1911.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28505/supplements/4588 (Supplement) no. 28505.  p. 4588.]  19 June, 1911.</ref>

Revision as of 16:49, 5 April 2011

Admiral SIR Charles Carter Drury, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.S.I., F.R.G.S., Royal Navy (27 August, 1846 – 18 May, 1914) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Drury was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria on 23 August, 1897, vice Beaumont.[1]

Drury was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 16 June, 1904, vice Oxley.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 11 April, 1908, vice Holland.[3]

On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was promoted Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Bath (G.C.B) on 19 June, 1911.[4]

His widow, Lady Amy Gertrude Drury passed away in her sleep on 27 December, 1953 at the age of ninety.

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 26885. p. 4726. 24 August, 1897.
  2. London Gazette: no. 27692. p. 4259. 5 July, 1904.
  3. London Gazette: no. 28128. p. 2850. 14 April, 1908.
  4. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4588. 19 June, 1911.

Bibliography

  • "Death of Two Admirals" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 19 May, 1914. Issue 40527, col G, pg. 10.

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Day H. Bosanquet
Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies Station
1902 – 1903
Succeeded by
George L. Atkinson-Willes
Preceded by
Sir John A. Fisher
Second Sea Lord
1903 – 1907
Succeeded by
Sir William H. May
Preceded by
Lord Charles Beresford
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean
1907 – 1908
Succeeded by
The Hon. Sir Assheton G. Curzon-Howe