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, 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, 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, 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, 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-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.