Howard Drake | |
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British High Commissioner to Canada | |
In office 2013–2017 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
Preceded by | Corin Robertson (acting) |
Succeeded by | Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque |
British High Commissioner to Jamaica | |
In office 2010–2013 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown David Cameron |
Preceded by | Jeremy Cresswell |
Succeeded by | David Fitton |
British Ambassador to Chile | |
In office 2005–2009 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Richard Wilkinson |
Succeeded by | Jon Benjamin |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 August 1956 |
Residence(s) | Earnscliffe, Ottawa |
Howard Ronald Drake CMG OBE (born 13 August 1956)[1][2] is a British former diplomat who was High Commissioner to Canada from 2013 to 2017.[3] He retired from the Diplomatic Service in August 2017.[4]
Drake was educated at Churcher's College.
On 14 March 2014, in the midst of the 2014 Crimean crisis, he wrote an op-ed in The Globe and Mail on why his Government thought the Crimean referendum should be cancelled.[5]
Drake was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.[6]