Howard Drake

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Howard Drake
CMG OBE
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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 69)
Residence(s)Earnscliffe, Ottawa

Howard Ronald Drake (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]

Education

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Drake was educated at Churcher's College.

Career

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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.[5]

Drake was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.[6]

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