Drake married firstly Jane Yonge, daughter of Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet, and secondly Dionysia Strode, daughter of Sir Richard Strode of Newnham. Drake was succeeded by his three sons from both marriages in turn. His sister, Elizabeth, married Sir Winston Churchill and was the mother of the first Duke of Marlborough.[1]
History of Parliament ascribes Jane's death to 31 July 1652. [1]
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983
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