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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Nov. 9, 1820. Of Radnorshire. S. of James (1788), clerk, of Kirkthorpe, Wakefield. B. Nov. 4, 1804. School, Rugby. ' Matric. Michs. 1823; Scholar; B.A. 1828; M.A. 1831. Ord. deacon, 1829; priest, 1830. P.C. of Well, near Bedale, Yorks., in 1841, and till 1859. Appears to have retired that year to Writtle Park, Ingatestone, Essex, which was his address until at least 1865. Disappears from Crockford, 1868. Father of James A. H. (1862); brother of Richard (1825). For Drake family pedigree see Watson's History of Halifax, 247, and F.M.G., II. 510, and III. 1160. (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Crockford; Clergy Lists.)