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William Drury (MP for Suffolk)
1550Mar, 8

William Drury (MP for Suffolk)

William Drury, English politician (d. 1590)
Sir William Drury (8 Mar 1550 – 1589) was an English landowner and member of parliament. He was the father of Sir Robert Drury, patron of the poet John Donne.

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