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Heber Drury

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87:, and Ann Caroline Tayler. He was born on 4 March 1819 (some sources give 22 May 1819 which may be the date of Christening). His brother B.H. Drury was later a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. Educated at Harrow, he became a cadet and joined as an ensign in the Madras Native Infantry in August 1837. He was a Lieutenant in the 45th Native Infantry in Travancore on 19 June 1838 and was commissioned Captain on 23 January 1846 and joined the Escort of the 64: 22: 137:
Drury married Annie Playfair Ross (died 1859) (daughter of John Ross, Madras) in Trivandrum 29 April 1852 and had five children including a namesake son born in 1854. He married Elizabeth Sarah Court in 1861 at St Mary's Berkshire and had seven children. He died in 1905 at Holton, Mayfield.
41:(4 March 1819 - 30 October 1905) was a British army officer who worked in India and contributed to botany in his spare time. He published two books and several articles on botany and is commemorated in the name of the only peninsular Indian species of slipper orchid in the genus 111:
in Travancore consisting of two infantry regiments, sixty troopers and guns. In 1863 he became Lt. Colonel and in 1867 he was promoted to Colonel and retired in the same year.
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Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis :or Plates and descriptions of new and rare plants from southern India and Ceylon
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The Useful Plants of India ; with Notices of their Uses in Medicine, Commerce, and the Arts
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at Travancore in 1846 and from 1852 to 1862 served as assistant to the Resident, General
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Part of a sketch by F.C. Lewis depicting Col. Heber Drury standing behind General
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Letters from Malabar - translated from Dutch by Heber Drury (1863)
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Reminiscences of Life and Sport in Southern India (1890)
311:"Notes of an excursion along the Travancore Backwater" 153:is used to indicate this person as the author when 122:in three volumes (dedicated to the Travancore King 29:handing a letter of thanks from Queen Victoria to 297:Reminiscences of life and sport in southern India 267:. London: W.H.Allen. 1890. p. jacket insert. 264:Reminiscences of Life and Sport in Southern India 128:Reminiscences of Life and Sport in Southern India 114:In his spare time Drury studied plants and wrote 215:The East India Register and Army List, for 1846 179:Dauglish, M.G.; Stephenson, P.K., eds. (1911). 281:Letters from Malabar by Jacob Canter Visscher 8: 315:Madras Journal of Literature and Science 132:Madras Journal of Literature and Science 171: 393:Hand-book of the Indian Flora (1869) 202:. Madras: Gantz Brothers. p. 23. 182:The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911 51:, which he collected in the hills of 7: 14: 389:The Useful Plants Of India (1873) 340:. 10 November 1905. p. 7537. 79:Drury was the fourth son of Rev. 429:People educated at Harrow School 352:International Plant Names Index 31:Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma 444:Naturalists from British India 299:. London: W.H. Allen & Co. 251:. 23 August 1867. p. 973. 1: 120:Handbook of the Indian Flora 449:Madras Staff Corps officers 99:. With the outbreak of the 465: 130:apart from papers in the 81:Henry Joseph Thomas Drury 107:where he commanded the 103:, he was placed in the 196:Beddome, R.H. (1874). 76: 34: 295:Drury, Heber (1890). 278:Drury, Heber (1862). 66: 24: 97:Presidency of Madras 69:Paphiopedilum druryi 16:British army officer 246:"Edinburgh Gazette" 234:. 1890. p. 57. 144:author abbreviation 33:on 27 November 1851 231:Travancore Almanac 105:Madras Staff Corps 77: 35: 424:British botanists 456: 362: 361: 348: 342: 341: 339: 329: 323: 322: 321:: 203–219. 1858. 307: 301: 300: 292: 286: 285: 275: 269: 268: 259: 253: 252: 250: 242: 236: 235: 226: 220: 219: 210: 204: 203: 193: 187: 186: 176: 162: 152: 151: 150: 89:British Resident 464: 463: 459: 458: 457: 455: 454: 453: 414: 413: 411: 371: 366: 365: 350: 349: 345: 337: 331: 330: 326: 309: 308: 304: 294: 293: 289: 277: 276: 272: 261: 260: 256: 248: 244: 243: 239: 228: 227: 223: 212: 211: 207: 195: 194: 190: 178: 177: 173: 168: 148: 147: 146: 141: 61: 17: 12: 11: 5: 462: 460: 452: 451: 446: 441: 436: 431: 426: 416: 415: 409: 408: 403: 391: 386: 381: 370: 369:External links 367: 364: 363: 343: 334:London Gazette 324: 302: 287: 270: 254: 237: 221: 205: 188: 170: 169: 167: 164: 159:botanical name 93:William Cullen 60: 57: 27:William Cullen 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 461: 450: 447: 445: 442: 440: 437: 435: 432: 430: 427: 425: 422: 421: 419: 412: 407: 404: 402: 399: 396: 392: 390: 387: 385: 382: 380: 377: 373: 372: 368: 359: 358: 353: 347: 344: 336: 335: 328: 325: 320: 316: 312: 306: 303: 298: 291: 288: 283: 282: 274: 271: 266: 265: 258: 255: 247: 241: 238: 233: 232: 225: 222: 218:. p. 96. 217: 216: 209: 206: 201: 200: 192: 189: 184: 183: 175: 172: 165: 163: 160: 156: 145: 142:The standard 139: 135: 133: 129: 125: 121: 117: 112: 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 75: 71: 70: 65: 58: 56: 54: 50: 49: 44: 43:Paphiopedilum 40: 32: 28: 23: 19: 410: 356: 346: 333: 327: 318: 314: 305: 296: 290: 280: 273: 263: 257: 240: 230: 224: 214: 208: 198: 191: 181: 174: 140: 136: 131: 127: 119: 115: 113: 109:Nair Brigade 101:Sepoy mutiny 78: 67: 53:Agastyamalai 46: 42: 38: 36: 18: 439:1905 deaths 434:1819 births 357: Drury 39:Heber Drury 418:Categories 401:Volume III 374:Genealogy 166:References 124:Rama Varma 398:Volume II 72:named by 59:Biography 48:P. druryi 395:Volume I 379:Source 2 376:Source 1 118:and the 37:Colonel 74:Beddome 155:citing 85:Harrow 338:(PDF) 249:(PDF) 149:Drury 83:, of 55:. 420:: 354:. 319:19 317:. 313:. 157:a 134:. 45:, 360:. 284:. 161:.

Index


William Cullen
Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma
P. druryi
Agastyamalai

Paphiopedilum druryi
Beddome
Henry Joseph Thomas Drury
Harrow
British Resident
William Cullen
Presidency of Madras
Sepoy mutiny
Madras Staff Corps
Nair Brigade
Rama Varma
author abbreviation
citing
botanical name
The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911
Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis :or Plates and descriptions of new and rare plants from southern India and Ceylon
The East India Register and Army List, for 1846
Travancore Almanac
"Edinburgh Gazette"
Reminiscences of Life and Sport in Southern India
Letters from Malabar by Jacob Canter Visscher
"Notes of an excursion along the Travancore Backwater"
London Gazette
International Plant Names Index

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