His Excellency Howard Drake OBE |
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High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Canada | |
In office 2013–2017 |
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Prime Minister |
David Cameron Theresa May |
Preceded by | Andrew Pocock |
Succeeded by | Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque CMG |
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Jamaica | |
In office 2010–2013 |
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Prime Minister |
Gordon Brown David Cameron |
Preceded by | Jeremy Cresswell |
Succeeded by | David Fitton |
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Chile | |
In office 2005–2009 |
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Prime Minister |
Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Richard Wilkinson |
Succeeded by | Jon Benjamin |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 August 1956 |
Residence | Earnscliffe, Ottawa |
Howard Ronald Drake OBE (born 13 August 1956) is the current British High Commissioner to Canada. He was appointed in June 2013. In February 2017 it was announced that after his four-year posting he would be succeeded by Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque CMG.
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.