A native of Governors Harbour, Eleuthera, Preston H. Albury was born on May 23, 1924.

He received his formal education at Eleuthera and in 1944 studied diesel and auto engineering at the Central Mediterranean Training Centre in Benevento, Italy. He was later transferred to the Royal Engineers in Egypt where he was responsible for the transportation of supplies.

From 1948 to 1953, he was Ground Engineer at Oakes Field for the British South American Airways. He later managed Consolidation Construction Company until 1960.

When industrialist Huntington Hartford bought Paradise Island, Mr. Albury became chief personnel and security officer for the island. In 1964 he went to Freeport where he helped construct the Bahamas Cement Plant. While there, he was instrumental in organising the Grand Bahama Bus and Taxi Company. In 1966, he became service and credit manager for Tropical Motors.

Mr. Albury joined the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) in the latter 1950s and in November 1962, was one of the two candidates who took the party's banner to Eleuthera in an unsuccessful try in the General Election. He was elected to Parliament for the first time on January 10, 1967 - the day the Progressive Liberal Party wrested power from the "Old Guard" the United Bahamian Party in an upset victory.
   
 
     
         
           
               

A trade unionist and one time president of the Amalgamated Building, Construction and Allied Workers Union, Mr. Albury became chairman of the New Providence Port Authority in 1967.

In January, 1971, he became chairman of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation and served in that capacity until February 1, 1974. He then took up an important posting in the private sector as president and chief operating officer of GAC Eleuthera Limited, developers of Cape Eleuthera. In January, 1978 Mr. Albury became chairman of the Bahamas Racing Commission.

Mr. Albury died suddenly on Sunday, March 9, 1980. He was fifty-six (56) years of age. The Preston Albury Senior High School in Rock Sound Eleuthera, the constituency which Mr. Albury once represented, is named in his honour.