Louis Henry Drakeford (1876 – November 1952)[1] was an Australian journalist, author and songwriter.
He was a brother of Labor politician Arthur Drakeford (26 April 1878 – 9 June 1957).
Drakeford was born in 1876 in Victoria, Australia, a son of jeweller Samuel Finch Drakeford (died 1933)[2] and his wife Elizabeth Margaret Drakeford, née Josephs.
[3] In his early days Drakeford lived in Sale, Victoria, Walhalla, Victoria, and Melbourne;[1] sometime around 1900 moving to northern China, where he worked for 27 years,[4] before moving to New York City, where he spent the rest of his life.
Drakeford married Margie; their children included Louis, Yvonne, and Elaine.