Sir Charles Carter Drury | |
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Born | Rothesay, New Brunswick, British North America | 27 August 1846
Died | 18 May 1914 London, England | (aged 67)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1860–1911 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | Nore Command Mediterranean Fleet East Indies Station HMS Hood |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India |
Admiral Sir Charles Carter Drury, GCB, GCVO, KCSI (27 August 1846 – 18 May 1914) was a British North America-born senior Admiral of the Royal Navy who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1903 to 1907.
Drury married Francis Ellen Whitehead, daughter of Robert Whitehead, of Beckett, Shrivenham, Berkshire. She died at the residence of her father on 22 February 1900.[10]
His first cousin, Major General Charles William Drury, was the father of Lady Beaverbrook.
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