Francis Drake (MP for Surrey)

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Francis Drake was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1659.

Drake was the son of Francis Drake of Esher, Surrey. He was probably admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 17 March 1627 and was awarded BA in 1631 and MA in 1634. [1] In 1654, he was elected Member of Parliament for Surrey in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Surrey in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament and in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament. [2]

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References

  1. "Drake, Francis (DRK626F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp.  229–239.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Samuel Highland
Lawrence March
Member of Parliament for Surrey
1654–1659
With: Arthur Onslow 1654–1659
Sir Richard Onslow 1654–1656
Major-General John Lambert 1654
Robert Holman, 1654
Colonel Robert Wood 1654
Lewis Audley 1656
George Duncombe 1656
John Blackwell 1656
Succeeded by
Not represented in Restored Rump