Howard Drake

{{short description|British former diplomat|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Howard Drake | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG|OBE|size=100%}} | image = File:Howard Drake.jpg | office = British High Commissioner to Canada | term_start = 2013 | term_end = 2017 | prime_minister = David Cameron<br />Theresa May | monarch = Elizabeth II | predecessor = Corin Robertson (acting) | successor = Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque | office2 = British High Commissioner to Jamaica | term_start2 = 2010 | term_end2 = 2013 | prime_minister2 = Gordon Brown<br />David Cameron | monarch2 = Elizabeth II | predecessor2 = Jeremy Cresswell | successor2 = David Fitton | office3 = British Ambassador to Chile | term_start3 = 2005 | term_end3 = 2009 | prime_minister3 = Tony Blair<br />Gordon Brown | monarch3 = Elizabeth II | predecessor3 = Richard Wilkinson | successor3 = Jon Benjamin | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|08|13|df=yes}} }} '''Howard Ronald Drake''' (born 13 August 1956)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/d/27314/Howard%20Ronald+DRAKE.aspx |title=Howard Ronald DRAKE |website=Debrett's |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214113641/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/d/27314/Howard%20Ronald+DRAKE.aspx|archive-date=2013-12-14|url-status=dead|access-date=2013-12-14 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U14098|title=DRAKE, Howard Ronald|date=2016|website=Who's Who 2017|publisher=A & C Black|access-date=2017-03-10|edition=online}}</ref> is a British former diplomat who was High Commissioner to Canada from 2013 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/howard-drake|title=Howard Drake OBE|website=www.gov.uk|access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref> He retired from the Diplomatic Service in August 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-canada--3|title=Change of British High Commissioner to Canada|date=2017-02-22|website=www.gov.uk|access-date=2017-03-10|author=Foreign & Commonwealth Office}}</ref>

== Education ==

Drake was educated at Churcher's College.

== Career ==

*1981–1983: Vice-Consul Commercial, Los Angeles, United States *1985–1988: Second Secretary Political, Santiago, Chile *early 1990s: Head of Chancery, Singapore *1997–2002: Deputy Consul-General and Director of Inward Investment, New York City, United States *2005–2009: Ambassador to Chile *2010–2013: British High Commissioner to Jamaica *2013–2017: British High Commissioner to Canada

On 14 March 2014, in the midst of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, he wrote an op-ed in ''The Globe and Mail'' on why his Government thought the Crimean referendum should be cancelled.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/this-crimea-vote-is-no-way-to-determine-independence-it-should-not-go-ahead/article17495008/|title=This Crimea vote is no way to determine independence. It should not go ahead|last=Drake|first=Howard|date=2014-03-14|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en-ca}}</ref>

Drake was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B3|date=17 June 2017}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{s-bef|before=Richard Wilkinson}} {{s-ttl|title=British Ambassador to Chile|years=2005–2009}} {{s-aft|after=Jon Benjamin}} {{s-bef|before=Jeremy Cresswell}} {{s-ttl|title=British High Commissioner to Jamaica|years=2010–2013}} {{s-aft|after=David Fitton}} {{s-bef|before=Corin Robertson<br />{{small|Acting}}}} {{s-ttl|title=British High Commissioner to Canada|years=2013–2017}} {{s-aft|after=Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Drake, Howard}} Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Chile Category:High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Jamaica Category:High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Canada Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category:People educated at Churcher's College Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Category:High commissioners of the United Kingdom to the Bahamas