Venn: Adm. pens. ST JOHN'S 5 July 1806; re-adm. Fell.-Com. 27 Oct. 1807; younger son of James, Esq. of Soham, Cambs; born there June 1789; school Bury St Edmunds; re-adm. as 10 year man 12 June 1824. Matric. Michs. 1807. MP for Ilchester 1818-20; ord. priest (Gloucester) 19 Sep. 1824; BD Lambeth 1834; Domestic Chaplain to Duke of Grafton (p. 394) and to Duke of Cleveland 1842; V of Staindrop and R of Cockfield, Durham 1829-46; PC Darlington 1830; V of Stottesdon, Salop. 1846; R of Wem 1846-73. Married, 1819, Susannah Jenkin of Bury St Edmunds; died 1 Oct. 1873 aged 84 at Wem rectory. Brother of James Drage (1808). (WR Williams MSS; Bury St Edmunds School Reg.; PE Towell 'Members of Parliament' 1897.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1824 | Subsc | Merest, John William Drage | / | View | |
| 1824 | Ordi(ordination) | Merest, John William Drage | / | deacon | View |
| 1824 | Ordi(ordination) | Merest, John William Drago | / | priest | View |
| 1824 | Subsc | Merest, John William | / | View | |
| 1829 | Appt(Subscription on Appointment) | Merest, John William Drage | Cockfield / | Rector | View |
| 1829 | Appt(Presentation) | Meresh, John William Drage | Cockfield with Vicarage Staindrop annexed / | Rector | View |
| 1830 | Appt(Nomination) | Meresh, John William Drage | Darlington / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1830 | Appt(Subscription on Appointment) | Merest, J. W. D. | Darlington / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1830 | Appt(Presentation) | Meresh, John William Drage | Cockfield with the Vicarage of Staindrop annexed / | Rector | View |
| 1834 | Appt(admission to Lambeth degree) | Merest, John William Drage | / | View |