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Doyle, Douglas Lippiatt, brother of John Lionel Cyril Doyle (q.v.); b. June 6, 1904; adm. Jan. 18, 1917 (H); left Dec. 1919; South Eastern Agricultural Coll.; London Univ.; B.Sc. (Agric.) 1925; a farmer in Wilts; later a manufacturer of weighing machines; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Dec. 31, 1939; Sqdn.-Ldr.; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 14, 1945; m. Jan. 5, 1931, Frances Anne, daughter of. John Bustin Bowman, of Great Yarmouth; d. 1965.

DOYLE, PERCY WILLIAM, youngest son of Sir Charles William Doyle (qv), and his first wife; b. 4 Feb 1809; adm. (G) 21 Feb 1823; attaché, British Mission, Washington 2 Jun 1825, Madrid 9 Dec 1829, and to Sir Robert Adair’s special mission to Belgium 1832; attaché, Constantinople 12 Mar 1834; Secretary of Legation, Mexico 6 Dec 1842 - Dec 1851, Minister Plenipotentiary there 24 Dec 1851 - retirement 19 Feb 1858; CB 4 Mar 1858; d. unm. 21 Feb 1887.

DRAKE, ---; b.; adm. Apr 1659; a boarder; left 1660 (Busby’s Account Book).

DRAKE, E.; adm. 1803; in school list Oct 1803.

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.