DRAKE, Sir William (c.1651-90), of Shardeloes, nr. Amersham, Bucks.

b. c. 1651, 2nd s. of Francis Drake† of Walton-on-Thames, Surr., but 1st by his 2nd w. Dorothy, da. of Sir William Spring, 1st Bt.†, of Pakenham, Suff.; half-bro. of John Drake*. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. matric. 22 Nov. 1667, aged 16; M. Temple 1669. m. in or bef. 1671, Elizabeth, da. of Hon. William Montagu*, 4s. 3da. Kntd. 2 Sept. 1668; suc. uncle Sir William Drake, 1st Bt.†, in Bucks. and Cheshire estates 1669. Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 154–5; Surr. Arch. Colls. lxxvi. 94–95; VCH Bucks. iii. 154.