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DRAKE, WILLIAM, second son of Montague Garrard Drake MP, Shardeloes, Bucks., and Isabella, widow of ---, and dau. of Thomas Marshall, St. Michael Bassishaw, London, merchant; b. 12 May 1723; adm. Aug 1738 (Heath's); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Oct 1739; DCL 12 Apr 1749; Grand Tour (Italy) 1743-5; MP Amersham 26 Feb 1746-96; of Shardeloes, Bucks.; m. 9 Feb 1746/7 Elizabeth, only dau. and heiress of John Raworth, Boyland Hall, Norfolk, and Sambrook Court, Basinghall Street, London, a director South Sea Co.; d. 8 Aug 1796.

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, WILLIAM, son of William Drake (adm. 1738, qv); b. 3 Dec 1747; in school list 1764; left May 1765 (Porten); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1765; MA 13 Apr 1768; DCL 8 Jul 1773; Grand Tour (Italy) 1768-9; MP Amersham from 1768; m. 1st, 19 Feb 1778 Mary, only dau. of William Hussey MP, Salisbury, Wilts. ; m. 2nd, 20 Aug 1781 Rachel Elizabeth, only surviving dau. of Jeremiah Ives, Norwich, merchant; d. 18 May 1795.

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.

Drake-Brockman, Maurice (William), son of Lewis James Drake Brockman, of Sandgate, Kent, solicitor, by Edith Annie, daughter of Dr. Charles William Chubb, of Torpoint, Cornwall; b. March 29, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (R); Q.S. (non-resident) Sept. 27, 1895; left Aug. 1899; was tutor to the sons of the Khedive of Egypt 1910-3; a musical composer and critic; sub-editor of Cobbett' s Cyclopaedic Survey ef Chamber Music (1928); abandoned the name William; d. (date unknown).

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.

DRAKEFORD, WILLIAM DUSAUTOY, brother of David Josiah Drakeford (qv); b. 21 Jan 1868; adm. (H) 8 Jun 1882; left May 1884; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. 9 Oct 1886, matr. Mich. 1886; BA 1889; MA 1893; served with Imperial Yeomanry in South African War 1901-2; an ex-soldier clerk in War Office 1903-; MBE 1 Jan 1920; m. 5 Apr 1910 Catherine May, dau. of Col. Henry Dixon, Indian Army, Sydenham, Kent.

DRAKE-GARRARD, CHARLES BENET, only son of Charles Drake-Garrard (qv); b. 14 Feb 1806; adm. 10 Jan 1820 (Stelfox's); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1823; of Lamer Park, Hertfordshire; JP Hertfordshire, High Sheriff 1839; m. 1 Dec 1835 Honora Henrietta, eldest dau. of Philip Duncombe Pauncefort-Duncombe, Brickhill Manor, Bucks.; d. 13 Jun 1884.

DRAKE-GARRARD, CHARLES, fourth son of William Drake (adm. 1738, qv); bap 23 Dec 1755; adm. 15 Jun 1767 (Porten/Ottey); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 May 1774, aged 18; assumed additional surname of Garrard on succeeding to the estate of Lamer Park, Hertfordshire, on the death of his cousin Sir Benet Garrard, Bart. , in 1767; MP Amersham 1796 - Jan 1805; m. 8 Jun 1790 Anne, sister of Barne Barne (qv); d. 27 Jul 1817.