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Charles Rous Drury (1823–1891) was an Anglican Archdeacon in India in the late 19th century.

Drury was born at Pondicherry on 1 October 1823. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1847. After curacies in Apuldram, Compton, West Sussex and St Pancras he was Vicar of Leominster from 1852 to 1856. In that year he went as a Chaplain to Madras. He was Archdeacon of Madras from 1875 to 1881. Returning to Sussex he was the incumbent at Westhampnett from 1881 until his death on 29 October 1891. His widow Agnes died in London on 6 January 1924.

References

1. NLS
2. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii Chalmers – Fytche (1944) p342
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1868 p195: London, Horace Cox, 1868
4. Ecclesiastical Appointments. The Times (London, England), Friday, 1 September 1882; pg. 10; Issue 30601
5. Deaths. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 8 January 1924; pg. 1; Issue 43543.

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