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{{Short description|Officer in the Royal Navy (1729–1789)}}
{{redirect|Francis Samuel Drake|the United States historian|Francis Samuel Drake (historian)}}
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{{Infobox military person
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* [[Seven Years' War]]
** [[Battle of Quiberon Bay]]
** [[Invasion of Dominica (1761)|Invasion of Dominica]]
** [[Invasion of Martinique (1762)|Invasion of Martinique]]
* [[American Revolutionary War
** [[Dutch West Indies campaign]]
** [[Capture of Sint Eustatius]]
** [[Battle of Fort Royal]]
** [[Battle of the Chesapeake]]
** [[Battle of Saint Kitts]]
** [[Battle of the Saintes]]
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Francis was baptised on 14 September 1729, at [[Buckland Monachorum]], Devonshire. He was the fourth son of [[Sir Francis Drake, 4th Baronet]], and Anne Heathcote. He was the younger brother of [[Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet]], the last in the line of baronets descending from [[Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet]], nephew of the [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] naval hero [[Francis Drake|Sir Francis Drake]]. He served for a time as lieutenant aboard the 44-gun {{HMS|Torrington|1743|6}} and the 60-gun {{HMS|Windsor|1695|6}}.<ref name="DNB445">{{Cite book| chapter=Drake, Francis Samuel (d.1789)| title=Dictionary of National Biography|pages=445–6}}</ref> He was promoted to command the 10-gun [[sloop]] {{HMS|Viper|1756|6}} on 30 March 1756, during the [[Seven Years' War]], and achieved the rank of [[post-captain]] later that year with a posting to command the 20-gun {{HMS|Bideford|1756|6}} on 15 November. On 11 March 1757 he was appointed, in succession to his second brother, [[Francis William Drake]], to the 50-gun {{HMS|Falkland|1696|6}}. He commanded the ''Falkland'' for the next five years.<ref name="DNB445"/> He was present in the [[West Indies]] during the operations under Commodore [[Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet|John Moore]] between 1757 and 1758, and then went to [[St. Helena]] to escort the homeward-bound trade in the spring of 1759. He served on the south coast of [[Brittany]] that autumn with the squadron under Captain [[Robert Duff (Royal Navy officer)|Robert Duff]], and was present at the defeat of the French at the [[Battle of Quiberon Bay]] on 20 November 1759.<ref name="DNB445"/>
Drake then served in the [[
==Peace and American War of Independence==
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==Later life==
On 12 August 1789, was appointed a [[lord of the admiralty|junior lord of the admiralty]], but died shortly afterwards, on 19 October 1789.<ref name="DNB445"/> He was twice married, first, to Elizabeth Hayman, of Kent; and, secondly, in January 1788, to Pooley, daughter of [[George Onslow (British Army officer)|George Onslow]], Esq., M.P. for [[Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)|Guildford]], but left no issue, and the baronetcy became extinct. His elder brother, [[Francis William Drake|Francis William]], a vice-admiral, with whom he is frequently confused, died about the same time, with [[Peter, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio|descendants]] by his daughter
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[[Category:Royal Navy rear admirals]]
[[Category:Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War]]
[[Category:Royal Navy personnel of the American Revolutionary War]]
[[Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain|Drake, 1st Baronet]]
[[Category:Younger sons of baronets]]
[[Category:1729 births]]
[[Category:1789 deaths]]
[[Category:Onslow family|Francis]]
[[Category:Lords of the Admiralty]]
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