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DRAKE, JOHN MINSHULL, eldest son of John Drake, Commissary-Gen. HM Forces, and Maria Story (IGI); b. 31 May 1807; adm. (G) 12 Jan 1818; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1824; Ensign, 46th Native Infantry 14 Aug 1825; Lieut., 1 Apr 1828; Capt. (in the Army) 27 Jun 1841; 46th Native Infantry, 26 Oct 1844; Brevet Maj., 11 Nov 1851; 46th Native Infantry, 17 Apr 1856; Lieut. -Col., 65th Native Infantry 11 Sep 1859; served in Indian Mutiny; m. 1st, 22 May 1838 Caroline, youngest dau. of Capt. G. H. Grimes, Royal Artillery; m. 2nd, at Lahore, India, 21 Mar 1850 Margaret McLean, widow of Robert John Dring, Calcutta, merchant, and dau. of John Todd; d. at Dinapore 6 Jul 1861.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.