Admiral Sir Charles Carter Drury, GCB, GCVO, KCSI (27 August 1846 – 18 May 1914) was a British North American-born senior Admiral of the Royal Navy who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1903 to 1907.
Born in Rothesay, New Brunswick, Drury was the son of LeBaron Drury (1813–1882), British Consul and High Sheriff of Saint John, New Brunswick, by his wife Eliza Sophia Poyntz, daughter of Colonel James Poyntz (1796–1887), of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot.
[2] Promoted to rear-admiral on 13 July 1899,[3] Drury was appointed Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station from June 1902.
[5][6] His time in the East Indies was cut short, however, as he was appointed Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from August 1903.
[10] His first cousin, Major General Charles William Drury, was the father of Lady Beaverbrook.