DRAKE Frederick Maurice

1923 - 2014  (91 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	DRAKE Frederick Maurice
  Born	15 Feb 1923
  Gender	Male
  Obituary	Oxford Today  [1]
  	Sir (Frederick) Maurice Drake DFC, High Court judge, died on 6 April 2014, aged 91. He was educated at St George's School, Harpenden, and, after war service as an RAF navigator, during which he was awarded the DFC, Exeter College, Oxford, where he read Jurisprudence, graduating in 1948. He was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1950, developing a busy common law practice, specialising especially in libel, and taking silk in 1968. He was deputy chairman of the Bedfordshire Quarter Sessions from 1966 to 1971, a recorder of the Crown Court from 1972 to 1978, and a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) from 1978 to 1995. From 1991 to 1995 he was the High Court's principal libel judge. He was known as a barrister for his eloquence and as a judge for his humour. He was survived by his wife May and their five children.
  Died	6 Apr 2014  [2]
  Probate	12 May 2014	Winchester, Hampshire, England   [2]
  Reference Number	C90
  Person ID	I1178	Derbyshire Waterfalls
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2017

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Living + 5. Living
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2017
  Family ID	F358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S298] Oxford Today, (http://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk), accessed 17 Mar 2017), Obituaries 2014: Sir Maurice Drake (Reliability: 3). [S18] England & Wales National Probate Calendar, England & Wales., (GOV.UK. \i Find a Will\i0 . https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk.), Frederick Maurice Drake, probate no: 4327988; (https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk : accessed 17 Mar 2017) (Reliability: 3).