Thomas Drury

Who was Thomas Drury?

Thomas Wortley Drury was an Anglican bishop who later served as Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

Drury was educated at King William's College and Christ's College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1871, his first post was as a curate at Braddan, after which he was Mathematical Master of King William's College. Following this he was rector of Holy Trinity, Chesterfield then Principal of the Church Missionary College in Islington. Between 1899 to 1907 he was Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge when he was ordained to the episcopate as the Bishop of Sodor and Man, 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 St John of Jerusalem, he died at the Master’s Lodge at St Catharine's.