John Drake (c.1556 – 11 April 1628) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1626.

He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford in 1573, aged 17 and studied law at the Middle Temple in 1578.

In 1625 he was elected MP for Lyme Regis.

[1] Drake died and was buried at Musbury the same day on 11 April 1628.

In or before 1585 he had married Dorothy, the daughter of William Button MP of Alton Priors, Wiltshire, with whom he had two sons and a daughter: John Drake (1591–1636), Mary Drake (1594–1643) and William Drake (1596–1640).