Drury Wray

Sir Drury Wray, 9th Baronet (29 July 1633 – 30 October 1710) of Rathcannon Castle and Ballygaedy Casey, was an English aristocrat.

Early life Wray was born on 29 July 1633 in Lincolnshire. Among his siblings were Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, who was created a baronet in June 1660.

His paternal grandparents were Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, of Glentworth of Ashby and Barlings, Lincolnshire, and, his second wife, Frances ( Drury), Lady Clifford, widow of Sir Nicholas Clifford of Bobbing, Kent, and daughter of Sir William Drury of Hawsted, Suffolk, and Elizabeth Stafford (the daughter of courtier Sir William Stafford). His maternal grandparents were Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon and Theodosia Noel (a daughter of Sir Andrew Noel).

Career In 1674 Wray obtained grants of land in the counties of Limerick and Tipperary, which he forfeited by his loyalty to James II, on whose side he fought at the Battle of the Boyne.

He served as High Sheriff of County Limerick in 1685.

Lady Wray died on 22 April 1697. Sir Drury died on 30 October 1710, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Christopher. He died, unmarried, weeks later and the baronetcy passed to his second son, Cecil. Upon his death on 9 May 1736, the title and estates passed to Sir Drury Wray's grand-nephew, Sir John Wray, 12th Baronet, of Sleningford, Yorkshire (father of Sir Cecil Wray).

Descendants Through his younger son Cecil, he was a grandfather of Anne Casey (b. ), who married Lord Vere Bertie, an MP for Boston who was the son of Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and, his second wife, Albinia Farington (nephew of Sir Edward Betenson, 1st Baronet), in 1736.