Sir Drue Drury, 1st Baronet (7 October 1588 – 23 April 1632) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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between 1621 and 1624. Drury was the son of Sir Drue Drury of

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, Buckinghamshire and of Linstead, Kent and his second wife Catharine Finch, daughter of William Finch, of Linstead. His father was a

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to Queen Elizabeth.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Vol. 2''
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in 1607. In 1617 he succeeded to the estates of his father. He also possessed an estate at Riddlesworth, Norfolk. In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for

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. He was elected MP for

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in 1624. He was created a

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on 7 May 1627. Drury died at the age of 43 and was buried at Riddlesworth where there was a monument. Drury married Anne Waldegrave, daughter of Edward Waldegrave, of Lawford, Essex, and his first wife a daughter of Bartholomew Averell, of Essex on 28 June 1608. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Drue. His widow remarried to Mr Gleane, of Hardwick, Norfolk and died before May 1642 when her will was proved.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Drury, Drue 1588 births 1632 deaths 17th-century English landowners Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625 Members of the Parliament of England for Norfolk Members of the Parliament of England for Thetford