Thomas Wortley Drury (12 September 1847 - 12 February. 1926) was an Anglican bishop[1][2] who later served as Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
Drury was educated at King William's College and Christ's College, Cambridge.[3] Ordained in 1871,.[4] His first post was as a curate at Braddon after which he was Mathematical Master of King William's College (his old schoo). Following this he was rector of Holy Trinity, Chesterfield[5] 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,[6] a post he held for four years. In 1911 he was translated to become the Bishop of Ripon.[7] A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died at the Master’s Lodge at St Catharine's.[8]
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Preceded by Norman Dumenil Straton |
Bishop of Sodor and Man 1907 – 1911 |
Succeeded by James Denton Thompson |
Preceded by William Boyd Carpenter |
Bishop of Ripon 1911 – 1920 |
Succeeded by Thomas Banks Strong |
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Preceded by Claude Hermann Walter Johns |
Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge 1920–1926 |
Succeeded by Frederick Margetson Rushmore |
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