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DRAPER, GEORGE, son of Robert Draper, Warden, Beds.; bapt. Old Warden, Beds. 7 Jan 1698/9; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1714. [? adm. Middle Temple 24 Feb 1721/2, son of Robert Draper, Hitchin, Herts. ] [? d. 2 Sep 1745, of Lilly, Herts., “brother of Lady Barrington” (if so, will proved PCC 26 Oct 1745)] [note however George Draper, Hitchin, Herts., gentleman, will proved PCC 23 Aug 1732] [Lady Barrington was Susan, wife of Sir John Barrington, Bart, and dau. of George Draper]

DRAPER, HERBERT, son of Edward Draper, Vincent Square, Westminster, solicitor, and Hannah --- (1881 Census); b. 18 Mar 1868; adm. (H) 8 Jun 1882; left Aug 1884; adm. solicitor Jan 1891; practised in London, firm Draper and Son, Vincent Square; m. ---, sister of William Edward Strange Butson (qv); d. 16 Apr 1914.

DRAPER, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1721; in under school list 1724.

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.

DRAYTON, WILLIAM HENRY, eldest son of John Drayton, Drayton Hall, Ashley River, Berkley County, South Carolina, USA, and his second wife Charlotte, sister of Stephen Bull (qv); b. Sep 1742; sent over to England 1753, under charge of the father of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (qv); at school under Markham (J. Drayton, Memoirs of the American Revolution, 1821, I, xiii ); left 1761; Balliol Coll. Oxford, adm. 3 Oct 1761, matr. 10 Oct 1761; elected to Assembly, South Carolina 1765; opposed non-importation agreement and Wilkes fund grant; member of Council, South Carolina, sworn 3 Apr 1772; Assistant Judge, South Carolina 25 Jan 1774; wrote “a letter from Freeman of South Carolina to the Deputies of North Americas assembled in the High Court of Congress at Philadelphia”, in which he set forth the grievances of the colonists and suggested a Bill of Rights; made a bitter protest against the conduct of the crown officials, and suspended from Council 1 Mar 1775; became member, Popular Committee of Safety, and elected President, Provincial Congress; Chief Justice of South Carolina from 1776; acted as President of South Carolina for a short time in 1777-8; delegate to Continental Congress, York Town 1778-9; left in manuscript a history of the American Revolution to the end of 1778, published by his son in 1821; m. 29 Mar 1764 Dorothy, dau. of Culceth Golightly, St. Andrew, Berkley County, South Carolina; d. at Philadelphia, USA 3 Sep 1779.

DREW, ---; in school list 1733.

DREW, ---; adm. 26 Jan 1768; left Dec 1770.

DREW, ANTHONY; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1736; left 1740.