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Classical scholar, son of the Revd Joseph Drury (1751–1834). Henry Drury was Byron’s first Harrow tutor.

Visited 1810-05-03 the day of the famous swim. Dardanelles, formerly known as Hellespont, is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. Wiki

Harrow on the Hill, Greater London

the daughter of John Hanson

Hargreaves Hanson was the eldest son of John Hanson, Byron’s lawyer.

International banker with agents in Malta and Constantinople: BLJ 1-205n.

1810-06-28 Byron makes light of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's praise of St Paul's over St Sophia's.

Mentioned by Byron in 1810-11-14 to Hodgson

unidentified

Visited 1810-05-03. Mentioned by Byron in the London Journal 20 March 1814.