| Howard Drake | |
| Office: | British High Commissioner to Canada |
| Term Start: | 2013 |
| Term End: | 2017 |
| Primeminister: | David Cameron Theresa May |
| Predecessor: | Corin Robertson (acting) |
| Successor: | Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque |
| Office2: | British High Commissioner to Jamaica |
| Term Start2: | 2010 |
| Term End2: | 2013 |
| Primeminister2: | Gordon Brown David Cameron |
| Monarch2: | Elizabeth II |
| Predecessor2: | Jeremy Cresswell |
| Successor2: | David Fitton |
| Office3: | British Ambassador to Chile |
| Term Start3: | 2005 |
| Term End3: | 2009 |
| Primeminister3: | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Monarch3: | Elizabeth II |
| Predecessor3: | Richard Wilkinson |
| Successor3: | Jon Benjamin |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1956 |
| Residence: | Earnscliffe, Ottawa |
Howard Ronald Drake (born 13 August 1956)[1] [2] is a British former diplomat who was High Commissioner to Canada from 2013 to 2017.[3] He retired from the Diplomatic Service in August 2017.[4]
Drake was educated at Churcher's College.
On 14 March 2014, in the midst of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, he wrote an op-ed in The Globe and Mail on why his Government thought the Crimean referendum should be cancelled.[5]
Drake was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.