Sir Francis Drake, 4th Baronet

Sir Francis Henry Drake, 4th Baronet (1694–1740) of Buckland Abbey, Devon was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1740.

Drake's father died in January 1718 and he succeeded to the baronetcy and the heavily encumbered estate.

[2] At the 1715 general election Drake was returned as Member of Parliament for Tavistock jointly on his own and the Bedford interest.

He was also returned in 1727 for Bere Alston where the family controlled one seat, but chose to sit for Tavistock.

[2] Drake died of pleuritic fever at his lodgings at Covent Garden on 26 January 1740.