Sir Francis Drake 3rd Bt.
(cal 1647-1718)

Sir Francis Drake 3rd Bt. ⁴

Born: Cal 1647
Marriage (1): Dorothy Bampfield on 6 Feb 1665
Marriage (2): Anne Boone on 21 Oct 1680
Marriage (3): Elizabeth Pollexfen on 17 Feb 1690
Died: 1718, Bucklands Abbey, Devon, England aged about 71
Buried: 15 Jan 1718

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Spouses/Children:

1. Dorothy Bampfield

2. Anne Boone
3. Elizabeth Pollexfen

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet General Notes:

MP of Bucklands Abbey.

bullet Birth Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Francis_Drake,_3rd_Baronet

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http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I119273&tree=Nixon

bullet Christening Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Francis_Drake,_3rd_Baronet

bullet Death Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_baronets
1718

bullet Burial Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Francis_Drake,_3rd_Baronet

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_baronets

• General Comment. Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Baronet (1642 - 1718) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1673 and 1700.

Drake was the son of Thomas Drake and his wife Susan Crimes, daughter of William Crimes, of Buckland Crimes and was baptised on 1 May 1642, at Buckland. His father, who was son of the first baronet, was a major of horse in the Parliamentary army. Drake succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his uncle Sir Francis Drake, 2nd Baronet on 6 June 1661. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 3 June 1663, aged 16 and was awarded MA on 28 September. 1663.

In 1673, Drake was elected Member of Parliament for Tavistock in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Tavistock in the two elections of 1679 and in 1681. He was next elected MP for Tavistock in 1689 and was re-elected in 1690. He was elected MP for Tavistock yet again 1696 and 1698.

Drake died at the age of about 75 at Meavy where he was buried on 15 January 1718.

Drake married firstly on 6 February 1665, at Beere Ferrers Dorothy Bampfylde, daughter of Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet and his wife Gertrude Copleston, daughter of Amyas Copleston of Warleigh. She died without issue and was buried at Buckland on 30 January 1679. He married secondly by licence dated 21 October 1680, Anne Boone, daughter of John Boone of Mount Boone, Devon. She died without issue and was buried on 22 December 1685, at Buckland. His third wife by licence dated 17 February 1690 was Elizabeth Pollexfen, daughter of Sir Henry Pollexfen, of Nutwell Court, Devon, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and his wife Mary Duncombe, daughter of George Duncombe of Shalford, Surrey. She was buried on 25 March 1717, at Meavy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Francis_Drake,_3rd_Baronet

• Marital Status. He was married three times. According to Wikipedia he had no children by either of his first two wives. This is incorrect.

Drake married firstly on 6 February 1665, at Beere Ferrers Dorothy Bampfylde, daughter of Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet and his wife Gertrude Copleston, daughter of Amyas Copleston of Warleigh. She died without issue and was buried at Buckland on 30 January 1679. He married secondly by licence dated 21 October 1680, Anne Boone, daughter of John Boone of Mount Boone, Devon. She died without issue and was buried on 22 December 1685, at Buckland. His third wife by licence dated 17 February 1690 was Elizabeth Pollexfen, daughter of Sir Henry Pollexfen, of Nutwell Court, Devon, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and his wife Mary Duncombe, daughter of George Duncombe of Shalford, Surrey. She was buried on 25 March 1717, at Meavy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Francis_Drake,_3rd_Baronet

The Wikipedia article apears incorrect as he apparently had three daughters by his first wife.
Frances, Dorothy and Gertrude.

Francis married Dorothy Bampfield, daughter of Sir John Bampfield and Gertrude Coplestone, on 6 Feb 1665. (Dorothy Bampfield died before 30 Jan 1679 and was buried on 30 Jan 1679 in Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/bampfyldeb1641.html

Francis next married Anne Boone on 21 Oct 1680.

Francis next married Elizabeth Pollexfen, daughter of Sir Henry Pollexfen and Mary Duncombe, on 17 Feb 1690. (Elizabeth Pollexfen was born in 1668 in Nutwell Court, Devon, England, christened on 7 Jul 1669 in Shalford, Surrey, England, died in 1717 and was buried on 25 Mar 1717 in Meavy, Devon, England.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Francis_Drake,_3rd_Baronet

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