Son of Joseph Drury, headmaster at Harrow; he was educated at Harrow and Oriel College, Oxford; after serving as private tutor he was rector of Pontesbury near Shrewsbury (1824-1869).

REFERENCES TO Charles Drury:

Henry Drury to Francis Hodgson, [1829?] in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)