# Howard Drake

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{{short description|British former diplomat|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name             = Howard Drake
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG|OBE|size=100%}}
| image            = File:Howard Drake.jpg
| office           = [British High Commissioner to Canada](/source/High_Commissioner_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Canada)
| term_start       = 2013
| term_end         = 2017
| prime_minister   = [David Cameron](/source/David_Cameron)<br />[Theresa May](/source/Theresa_May)
| monarch          = [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II)
| predecessor      = Corin Robertson (acting)
| successor        = [Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque](/source/Susan_le_Jeune_d'Allegeershecque)
| office2          = [British High Commissioner to Jamaica](/source/High_Commissioner_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Jamaica)
| term_start2      = 2010
| term_end2        = 2013
| prime_minister2  = [Gordon Brown](/source/Gordon_Brown)<br />[David Cameron](/source/David_Cameron)
| monarch2         = [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II)
| predecessor2     = [Jeremy Cresswell](/source/Jeremy_Cresswell)
| successor2       = [David Fitton](/source/David_Fitton)
| office3          = [British Ambassador to Chile](/source/Ambassador_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Chile)
| term_start3      = 2005
| term_end3        = 2009
| prime_minister3  = [Tony Blair](/source/Tony_Blair)<br />[Gordon Brown](/source/Gordon_Brown)
| monarch3         = [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II)
| predecessor3     = [Richard Wilkinson](/source/Richard_Denys_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](/source/High_Commissioner_(Commonwealth)) to [Canada](/source/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](/source/Her_Majesty's_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](/source/Churcher's_College).

== Career ==

*1981–1983: Vice-Consul Commercial, [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), United States
*1985–1988: Second Secretary Political, [Santiago, Chile](/source/Santiago%2C_Chile)
*early 1990s: Head of Chancery, [Singapore](/source/Singapore)
*1997–2002: Deputy Consul-General and Director of Inward Investment, [New York City](/source/New_York_City), United States
*2005–2009: Ambassador to [Chile](/source/Chile)
*2010–2013: [British](/source/United_Kingdom) High Commissioner to [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)
*2013–2017: [British](/source/United_Kingdom) High Commissioner to [Canada](/source/Canada)

On 14 March 2014, in the midst of the [annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation](/source/annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation), he wrote an [op-ed](/source/op-ed) in ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/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](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) (CMG) in the [2017 Birthday Honours](/source/2017_Birthday_Honours).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B3|date=17 June 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{s-bef|before=[Richard Wilkinson](/source/Richard_Denys_Wilkinson)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[British Ambassador to Chile](/source/List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Chile)|years=2005–2009}}
{{s-aft|after=Jon Benjamin}}
{{s-bef|before=[Jeremy Cresswell](/source/Jeremy_Cresswell)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[British High Commissioner to Jamaica](/source/List_of_High_Commissioners_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Jamaica)|years=2010–2013}}
{{s-aft|after=[David Fitton](/source/David_Fitton)}}
{{s-bef|before=Corin Robertson<br />{{small|Acting}}}}
{{s-ttl|title=[British High Commissioner to Canada](/source/List_of_High_Commissioners_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Canada)|years=2013–2017}}
{{s-aft|after=[Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque](/source/Susan_le_Jeune_d'Allegeershecque)}}
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