Drake was the son of Thomas Drake and his wife Susan Crimes, daughter of William Crimes, of Buckland Crimes and was baptised on 1 May 1642, at Buckland. His father, who was son of the first baronet, was a major of horse in the Parliamentary army.
Exeter College.
He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 3 June 1663, aged 16 and was awarded Master of Arts on 28 September. He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Tavistock in the two elections of 1679 and in 1681. He was next elected Member of Parliament for Tavistock in 1689 and was re-elected in 1690.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Tavistock yet again 1696 and 1698.
Drake died at the age of about 75 at Meavy where he was buried on 15 January 1718. She died without issue and was buried at Buckland on 30 January 1679.
She died without issue and was buried on 22 December 1685, at Buckland. She was buried on 25 March 1717, at Meavy.
Cavalier Parliament. Exclusion Bill Parliament. Habeas Corpus Parliament]
1663.
In 1673, Drake was elected Member of Parliament for Tavistock in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament.
