Francis Drake (disambiguation)
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Sir Francis Drake (1540–1596) was an Elizabethan privateer and naval hero.
Francis Drake may also refer to:
- Francis Drake (1573–1634), nephew of the Sir Francis Drake above and Sir Richard Grenville
- Francis Henry Drake (1694–1740), son of Sir Francis Drake; MP for Tavistock
- Francis Drake (antiquary) (1696–1771), English antiquary and surgeon
- Francis William Drake (1724–1787), third son of Francis Henry; British Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland
- Francis Samuel Drake, fourth son of Francis Henry; British Admiral, commander of lead division at the Battle of the Chesapeake, 1781
- Francis Drake (diplomat) (1764–1821), British diplomat
- Francis M. Drake (1830–1903), American politician
- Frances Drake (actor) (1912–2000), American actress
- Media
- Sir Francis Drake (TV series), British television series 1961–1962
- Other uses
- Sir Francis Drake was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
- Sir Francis Drake Channel is a strait in the British Virgin Islands
- HMS Sir Francis Drake was the name of a 32-gun ship in the Royal Navy from 1806-1825.
[edit] See also
- Frances Drake, American actress
- Frank Drake (born 1930), American astronomer and astrophysicist
- Frank Drake (comics), fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics
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