Byron Drury

Admiral Byron Drury (1815-1888) was a British naval officer.

Byron Drury memorial, St Mary's, Harrow on the Hill

He was born in Harrow on the Hill, the second son of the educator Rev. Henry Drury.[1]

Drury married Helen Stewart (died 1881).

Drury died in Cheltenham, and there is a memorial to his death in St Mary's, Harrow on the Hill.[2]

Drury Inlet in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, extending west from Wells Passage to the northwest of North Broughton Island, northwest of the town of Port Hardy is named after him.[3]

As captain of HMS Pandora, he took part in the survey of New Zealand that led to the publication of the New Zealand Pilot[4]. This included Manukau Harbour in 1853.[5] - nearby Drury, New Zealand is named after him.

References
  1. "Page:A Naval Biographical Dictionary.djvu/323 - Wikisource, the free online library". En.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. "Obituary of Byron Drury". Pdavis.nl. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  3. "BC Geographical Names". Apps.gov.bc.ca. 1950-04-06. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  4. Richards, G.H.; Evans, F.J. (1875). The New Zealand Pilot (Fourth ed.). London: Hydrographic Office, Admiralty.
  5. "Drury - NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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