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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Byron Drury R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Rev. Henry Drury, of Harrow | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1815 | Born | ||
| 9 June 1846 | Married Helen Stewart, daughter of Robert Morris, of Moorburn, Ayrshire | ||
| 6 November 1888 | Died (Cheltenham) | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 1828 | Entered Navy | ||
| 8 June 1841 | Lieutenant | ||
| 22 May 1845 | Commander | ||
| 8 August 1857 | Captain | ||
| 24 March 1866 | Retired Captain | ||
| 20 April 1875 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 2 August 1879 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| 7 April 1885 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 6 July 1841 | Lieutenant in Calliope, commanded by Augustus Leopold Kuper, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| 30 September 1843 | Lieutenant in Shearwater, commanded by Charles Gepp Robinson, surveying the coast of Scotland | ||
| 10 February 1845 | 22 May 1845 | Lieutenant in Herald, commanded by Henry Kellett, Pacific | |
| 26 May 1846 | 9 October 1847 | Additional Commander in Shearwater, commanded by Charles Gepp Robinson, surveying the coast of Scotland | |
| 29 October 1847 | April 1848 | Additional Commander in San Josef, commanded by Thomas Maitland, Devonport (for Surveying Service) | |
| 20 December 1850 | 5 June 1856 | Commander in Pandora (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Plymouth), Australia, surveying | |
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