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Thomas Doughty (1545 – 2 July 1578) was an English nobleman, soldier, scholar and personal secretary of Christopher Hatton.His association with Francis Drake, on a 1577 voyage to raid Spanish treasure fleets, ended in a shipboard trial for treason and witchcraft, and Doughty's execution.
Sir John Hawkins (left) with Sir Francis Drake (centre) and Sir Thomas Cavendish. In 1562, the West African slave trade was a duopoly dominated by the Portuguese and the Spanish. Sir John Hawkins devised a plan to break into that trade, and enlisted the aid of colleagues and family to finance his first slave voyage.
Sir Thomas Trayton Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 1st Baronet (1785–1870) was a British Army officer. The Fuller-Eliott-Drake Baronetcy , of Nutwell Court , Devon , was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 August 1821 for Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, [ 1 ] grandson of the first Lord Heathfield , and grand-nephew of the last Drake ...
Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet (1588 – 11 March 1637) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two parliaments between 1625 and 1629. Drake was the son of Thomas Drake of Buckland Abbey , Devon and his wife, Elizabeth Gregory, widow of John Elford.
Tom Drake (1918–1982), American actor born Alfred Sinclair Alderdice; Tom Drake (wrestler) (1930–2017), American former professional wrestler, attorney, and politician; Tom Drake-Brockman (1919–1992), Australian politician; Sir Thomas Trayton Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 1st Baronet, British Army officer
Francis Drake's circumnavigation, also known as Drake's Raiding Expedition, was an important historical maritime event that took place between 15 December 1577 and 26 September 1580. The expedition was authorised by Queen Elizabeth I and consisted of five ships led by Francis Drake .
Thomas Drake was born on 14 January 1749 the second but oldest surviving son of William Drake, MP for Amersham from 1746 to 1796, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Raworth of London. [1] He was educated at Westminster School and Brasenose College, Oxford .
The Drake Baronetcy of Prospect, in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 28 May 1782 for Rear Admiral Francis Samuel Drake, son and brother of the Sir Francis Henry Drakes, fourth and fifth Baronets of Buckland. [11]