Thomas Wortley Drury (12 September 1847 – 12 February 1926) was a British
Anglican
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St Catharine's College, Cambridge
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from 1920.
Life to 1914
He was born on the
Isle of Man
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the son of the Rev. William Drury, Vicar of
Braddan
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It is located on the east of the island (part of the traditional ''South Side'' division) in the sheading of Middle.
Administratively, a small part of the historic p ...
.''A History of the Manx Church 1698-1911'' by John Gelling, Douglas IOM 1998 p. 214 He was educated at
King William's College
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and
Christ's College, Cambridge
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.
Ordained
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deacon in 1871, by Bishop
Horatio Powys
Horatio Powys (20 November 1805–31 May 1877) was a priest in the Church of England and Bishop of Sodor and Man.
Powys, born on 20 November 1805, was third son of Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford (1775–1825), by Henrietta Maria, eldest daugh ...
of Sodor and Man, Drury's first post was as a
curate
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at Braddan. Priested at St Thomas the Apostle,
Douglas, Isle of Man
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in 1872, he served as Chaplain to the Insane Asylum 1872 to 1874, after which he was mathematical master of King William's College. Following this he was
rector
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of
Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield
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from 1876 to 1882, then Principal of the Church Missionary College in
Islington
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from 1882 to 1899.
Drury was an Examining Chaplain to Bishop Ryle of Liverpool from 1892 onwards. Between 1899 and 1907 he was Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. Ordained in 1907 to the
episcopate
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translated
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Drury was a strong supporter of British entry to the Great War. Although his wife died on 29 July 1914, Drury prepared an article for the monthly diocesan gazette published in September, 1914. He wrote that it was the duty of the nation to respond to the national call for a much increased army. ‘This rests not only on those of the age required, but in great measure on parents and friends who may largely help or hinder the loyal response which should be far more widely given and be given without delay’. This appeal to the families and friends of young men not to stand in the way of voluntary recruitment was used by other bishops and clergymen.
Pressure for volunteers to join the army continued for over two years before conscription was introduced. Criticism of the clergy for encouraging recruitment when clerics were under orders not to volunteer themselves as combatants brought the following response from Drury ‘The call for more men is still most urgent. It is hard to press this point when one cannot fight oneself, but many of us have readily given our sons to the cause, and we must not fail to press home the call where it has fallen on deaf ears.’ Both of Drury’s sons were engaged in the War, Edward as a Lt-Commander in the Royal Navy on HMS EURYALUS and Braddan in the Indian Police. Criticism of clergy resulted in a Roll of Honour being created in the diocese on which names of clergy and their families serving in the British forces were listed. They included those who were killed and wounded.
One of Drury’s main occupations centred on providing for the army camps in the Ripon, Richmond and Catterick areas. Tens of thousands of men were trained in these camps, and the diocese, with the support of Wakefield diocese, provided huts, leisure activities, clergy and other volunteers to support the many young men far from home.
Order of St John of Jerusalem
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, he died at the Master's Lodge at St Catharine's.
Family
Drury married in 1871 Catharine Beatrice (died 1914), daughter of Captain Edward Dumergue of the Madras Army, and his wife Elizabeth Anne Perry. They had two sons and four daughters. Their daughter, Isabel Wortley Drury, was the wife of
Charles Lisle Carr
Charles Lisle Carr (26 September 1871 – 20 May 1942) was an Anglican clergyman who served as the second bishop of the restored Episcopal see, see of Bishop of Coventry, Coventry in the modern era and the 107th Bishop of Hereford in a long li ...
, later Bishop of Coventry and then of Hertford.
He was the father-in-law of the Rev.
Arthur Tait
Arthur James Tait (8 November 1872 – 3 April 1944) was an eminent Anglican priest and author.
Tait was educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate; Merchant Taylors' School, London; St John's College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. Afte ...
, Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, whose daughter Margaret married the university administrator