Sir John Drake, 1st Baronet (4 April 1625 – 6 July 1669) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1660.

Drake was the son of Sir John Drake of Mount Drake and Ashe, and his wife Eleanor Boteler, daughter of

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.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> In 1660, Drake was elected

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for

Bridport Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker. Its origins are Saxon and it has a long history as a rope-making centre. On the coast and withi ...

in the Convention Parliament. History of Parliament Online - Drake, John
/ref> He was created

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of Ashe, in the County of

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on 31 August 1660. Drake died at the age of 44. Drake married, firstly, Jane Yonge, daughter of

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, and, secondly, Dionysia Strode, daughter of Sir Richard Strode of Newnham. Drake was succeeded by his three sons from both marriages in turn. His sister Elizabeth married

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and was the mother of the first

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Drake, John 1625 births 1669 deaths English MPs 1660 Baronets in the Baronetage of England People from Bridport