DRAKE, JAMES, son of James Drake MD FRS FRCP, London, a vigorous Tory pamphleteer; b.; adm.; in under school list 1715; KS (aged 14) 1718; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Jul 1720, matr. 1720; MD 1728; practised medicine at Salisbury; d. 12 Mar 1736.
DRAKE, WILLIAM, second surviving son of Francis Drake FRS FSA, York, surgeon, author of Eboracum, and Mary, third dau. of George Woodyear, Crook Hill, near Doncaster, Yorks.; bapt. 10 Jan 1722/3; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1732; left 1741; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Mar 1740/1; BA 1744 (incorp. Cambridge 1770); Christ’s Coll. Camb., adm. 17 May 1770; MA 1770; an Usher at the School in 1747; travelling tutor in Italy 1750-1; Head Master of Felsted School, Essex 1750-77; ordained; Rector of Layer Marney, Essex 1 Dec 1764-77; Vicar of Isleworth, Middlesex, from 13 Dec 1777; FSA 29 Mar 1770; a contributor to Archaeologia; m. his cousin Mary, dau. of Rev. Nathaniel Drake, Canon of Lincoln [described as “Canon in Lincoln Cathedral” (FMG 1162)]; d. 13 May 1801. DNB. [But note that no Rev. Nathaniel Drake was Canon Residentiary or Prebendary of Lincoln : was he a Minor Canon ?].
Drake-Brockman, Maurice Frederick, brother of Paris Villiers Drake-Brockman (qv); b. 8 Apr. 1905; adm. Apr. 1920 (R); left July 1923; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1923; d. after a car accident near Oxford 1924.
DRAKEFORD, DAVID JOSIAH, son of Rev. David James Drakeford, Elm Grove, Sydenham, Kent, Anglican clergyman, and Julia Anna, dau. of John Purnell; b. 17 Apr 1865; adm. (H) 27 May 1880; left Dec 1882; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1883; BA 1886; MA 1890; adm. solicitor Feb 1894, but did not practise; d. unm. 14 May 1899.
DRAYCOTT, JOHN, son of William Draycott, London, and Martha (Lacey ?) (IGI); bapt. St. Anne, Soho 13 Nov 1763 (IGI); adm. 16 Jan 1775; KS (aged 16) 1780; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1784, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1784, scholar 8 Apr 1785; BA 1788; ordained deacon (London) 21 Dec 1788; buried Lisbon, Portugal 1793.
DREW, ANTHONY; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1736; left 1740.
DRIVER, BENJAMIN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Feb 1724/5; left 1726. [perhaps bapt. East Grinstead, Sussex 14 Sep 1711, son of Edmond Driver, and Mary --- (IGI)]
Drought, George Thomas Acton, only son of the Rev. George Meares Drought, Incumbent of St. Matthew Newtown, Mount Kennedy, co. Wicklow, by Beatrice, daughter of James Scott Robertson, C. B.; b. Aug. 2, 1880; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left July 1894, and went to Dulwich Coll.; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Nov. 22, 1899; Lieut. Feb. 16, 1901; Adjutant Nov. 23, 1904 -June 17, 1908; Capt. May 19, 1906; Major Oct. 30, 1914; served in the South African War 1900-2, and in Great War I; m.; d. June 14, 1915, of wounds received in action in France May 17, 1915.
Druce, Bernard Otto, son of Otto Edward Druce, of Wimbledon; b. Nov. 16, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (H); left Easter 1905.
DRUMMOND, ---; b.; in school lists 1764; left Dec 1764.