His Honour John Frederick Drabble, QC (8 May 1906 – 19 December 1982) was an English barrister and County Court Judge.
Born in Conisbrough, he was educated at Mexborough Grammar School before joining his father's sweets manufacturing business.
He joined the Royal Air Force in 1940 and served in North Africa and England on the Judge Advocate General's staff, reaching the rank of squadron leader.
[1] A socialist, Drabble was an unsuccessful Labour Party candidate for Sheffield Hallam at the 1945 general election and for Huddersfield West in 1955.
[1] He married Marie Bloor, who attended Newnham College, Cambridge and had been at Mexborough Grammar School with him, in 1933; they had three daughters and a son.