Family and Education
bap. 22 Aug. 1724, 2nd surv. s. of Sir Francis Henry Drake, 4th Bt., and bro. of Sir F. H. Drake, 5th Bt.. m. 3 Nov. 1763, his cos. Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Heathcote, 1st Bt., M.P., 2da.
Offices Held
Entered R.N. bef. 1740, capt. 1748; gov. Newfoundland 1752 – 54; r.-adm. 1778; v.-adm. 1780.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Hillingdon, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
DRAKE, Francis William (1724-87)
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Oxford 1644
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