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DRAKE, JAMES WILLIAM, second son of John Drake (in school lists 1795-7, qv), and his first wife; b. 31 Oct 1809; adm. 30 May 1823 (Stelfox's); entered Royal Navy; Mate, 3 Aug 1831; m. 29 Jan 1846 Sarah, youngest dau. of Robert Thornton Heysham, Weston Lordship, Herts.; d. 28 Jun 1862.

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, 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.

DRAKE, JOHN, second son of John Drake (in school lists 1764-7, qv); b. 6 Jun 1780; in school lists 1795, 1797; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1798; BA 1802; BCL 1805; BD and DD 26 Jan 1826 (date of grace); Fellow of All Souls Coll., Oxford 3 Nov 1802; ordained; Rector of St. Paul’s, Deptford, Kent 11 Feb 1807; Vicar of St. Nicholas, Deptford, Kent 14 Sep 1830; Vicar of Stourton, Wilts., from 1846; m. 1st, 30 Apr 1807 (IGI) Margaret Frances, dau. of James Rudman, Newcastle; m. 2nd, 19 Aug 1820 Lucy Ann, dau. of Thomas Fawcett (qv); d. 8 Feb 1858.

DRAKE, JOHN, third son of William Drake (adm. 1738, qv); b. ; in school lists 1764,1765,1767 (Porten); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1768, aged 18; BCL 1775; DCL 1786; Fellow of All Souls Coll. , Oxford 1772; ordained deacon 18 Dec 1774, priest 11 Jun 1775 (both Oxford); Rector of Amersham, Bucks. , from 3 Jul 1775; Vicar of St. Nicholas, Deptford, Kent, from 1792; m. 2 Oct 1777 Mary, eldest dau. of Rev. William Wickham, Garsington, Oxfordshire; d. 3 Jan 1826.

DRAKE, MONTAGU GARRARD, son of William Drake, Adderbury, Oxfordshire; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1723/4; KS 1725; buried Amersham, Bucks., 14 Aug 1725. [presumably Mountagu (sic) Drake, son of William Drake, bapt. Souldern, Oxfordshire 9 Aug 1709]

DRAKE, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1739/40; left 1740.

DRAKE, THOMAS, brother of William Drake (adm. 1738, qv); b. 25 Jul 1727; adm. Sep 1735 (Playford's); KS 1741; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Feb 1744/5; BCL 1751; DCL 1759; ordained; Rector of Amersham, Bucks. , from 26 Oct 1753; Rector of St. Luke’s, Chelsea, Middlesex, from 3 Aug 1770; m. 31 Mar 1755 Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Whittington MP, Orford, Suffolk, a Clerk in Chancery; d. 12 Apr 1775.

DRAKE, THOMAS, third son of John Drake (in school lists 1764-7, qv); b. 19 Feb 1782; adm.; KS 1795; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1799, matr. 22 May 1799, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1799 - void 25 Jun 1808; BA 1803; MA 1806; 2nd Lieut., 95th Foot 23 May 1805; 54th Foot, 5 Feb 1806; 1st Lieut., 95th Foot 15 May 1806; Capt., Canadian Fencibles 28 May 1807; 95th Foot 25 Mar 1808; Brevet Maj. and DGMG Ionian Islands 22 Apr 1813; Brevet Lieut. -Col. and QMG Mediterranean 16 Nov 1826; Brevet Col., 23 Nov 1841; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 14 Jul 1843, retired same day; served on the Elbe 1805-6, in Peninsular War 1808-9, 1810-3, and on Walcheren expedition 1809; CMG 9 Feb 1833; m. 21 Dec 1813 Elizabeth Sarah, eldest dau. of John Fane MP, Wormsley, Oxfordshire; d. 22 Dec 1851.

DRAKE, WILLIAM WICKHAM, eldest son of John Drake (in school lists 1764-7, qv); b. 17 Jul 1778; in school list 1795, sixth form list 1796; probably the Drake who played cricket against Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1796; BA 1800; MA 1807; ordained; Rector of Malpas (lower mediety), Cheshire, from 29 Jul 1802; Prebendary of Lincoln from 17 May 1810; Perpetual Curate of Harthill, Cheshire, from 7 May 1816; m. 3 Aug 1807 Eliza Susanna, youngest dau. of Thomas Tarleton, Bolesworth Castle, Broxton, Cheshire; d. 28 Nov 1832.