Howard Drake

Howard Drake
CMG OBE
British High Commissioner to Canada
In office
2013–2017
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Preceded byCorin Robertson (acting)
Succeeded bySusan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque
British High Commissioner to Jamaica
In office
2010–2013
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
David Cameron
Preceded byJeremy Cresswell
Succeeded byDavid Fitton
British Ambassador to Chile
In office
2005–2009
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Gordon Brown
Preceded byRichard Wilkinson
Succeeded byJon Benjamin
Personal details
Born (1956-08-13) 13 August 1956 (age 70)

Howard Ronald Drake (born 13 August 1956) is a British former diplomat who was High Commissioner to Canada from 2013 to 2017. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in August 2017.

Education

Drake was educated at Churcher's College.

Career

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.

Drake was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.

References

  1. ↑ "Howard Ronald DRAKE". Debrett's. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "DRAKE, Howard Ronald". Who's Who 2017 (online ed.). A & C Black. 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Howard Drake OBE". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Foreign & Commonwealth Office (22 February 2017). "Change of British High Commissioner to Canada". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Drake, Howard (14 March 2014). "This Crimea vote is no way to determine independence. It should not go ahead". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B3.