Background
Drury was born on the Isle of Manitoba the son of the Review William Drury, Vicar of Braddan.
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Thomas Drury
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Christ"s College.
Career
Educated at King William"s College and Christ"s College, Cambridge. Ordained deacon in 1871, by Bishop Horatio Powys of Sodor and Manitoba, his first post was as a curate at Braddan. Priested at Street Thomas", Douglas, IOM in 1872, he served as Chaplain to the Insane Asylum 1872 to 1874, after which he was Mathematical Master of King William"s College (his old school).
Following this he was rector of Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield from 1876 to 1882, then Principal of the Church Missionary College in Islington from 1882 to 1899.
Drury was an Examining Chaplain to Bishop Ryle of Liverpool from 1892 onwards. Between 1899 to 1907 he was Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge when he was ordained to the episcopate as the Bishop of Sodor and Manitoba, a post he held for four years.
In 1911 he was translated to become the Bishop of Ripon. A Sub-Prelate of the Order of Street John of Jerusalem, he died at the Master’s Lodge at Street Catharine"son
