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
| primeminister = David Cameron
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
| primeminister2 = Gordon Brown
David Cameron
| monarch2 = Elizabeth II
| predecessor2 = Jeremy Cresswell
| successor2 = David Fitton
| office3 = British Ambassador to Chile
| term_start3 = 2005
| term_end3 = 2009
| primeminister3 = Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
| monarch3 = Elizabeth II
| predecessor3 = Richard Wilkinson
| successor3 = Jon Benjamin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|08|13|df=yes}}
| residence = Earnscliffe, Ottawa
}}
Howard Ronald Drake (born 13 August 1956){{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 }}{{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}} is a British former diplomat who was High Commissioner to Canada from 2013 to 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/howard-drake|title=Howard Drake OBE|website=www.gov.uk|access-date=2017-03-10}} He retired from the Diplomatic Service in August 2017.{{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}}
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.{{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}}
Drake was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B3|date=17 June 2017}}
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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:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:High commissioners of the United Kingdom to the Bahamas
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