Dring was Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifles, and Honorary Aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, India. He was the 5th President of The Saturday Club in Calcutta for 3 terms from 1906 to 1909 and was also President of Bengal Club in 1911. He was a member of the Oriental Club for gentlemen who had spent a large part of their lives in India.
