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Henry Drury
Classical scholar, son of the Revd Joseph Drury (1751–1834). Henry Drury was Byron’s first Harrow tutor.
Byron to Henry Drury, from the Volage, July 7th 1811 (84)
"I have never been so near ['your Country'] since I left Duck Puddle."
Byron to Henry Drury, from Constantinople, June 17th 1810 (30)
"I am just come from an expedition through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea and the Cyanean Symplegades, up which last I scrambled with as great risk as ever the Argonauts escaped in their hoy. "
Byron to Henry Drury, from the Salsette, off the Dardanelles, May 3rd 1810 (23)
"When I left England nearly a year ago you requested me to write to you. – I will do so."