Francis William Drake
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Vice-Admiral of the Red Francis William Drake was a Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator who served in the War of the Austrian Succession, Seven Years' War and American War of Ind
Miniature portrait of Drake
Daniel Gardner portrait of Drake, his wife Elizabeth and their two daughters Sophia and Marianne
Peter John Fane de Salis, Count de Salis-Soglio, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, DL, JP, G.C.J.J., K.R.E. was a mercenary soldier and landowner in Middlesex and the Irish counties Limerick and Armagh.
Francis William Drake
…the daughter of Sir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet on 3 November 1763. They had two daughters; the elder Sophia (1765 - 14 June 1803), was mother of Peter, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio. Francis William Drake died in December 1787.He was buried 15 December 1787 at Hursley, Hampshire. Lewis Namier, ed. (1964). "Drake, Francis William…
Peter John Fane de Salis, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio (1799–1870).
First wife: Henriette Charlotte de Senarclens de St. Denys de Grancy (1797–1822).
Carte de visite of second wife Cecile, Countess de Salis.
His grandson, George Alois, who died of wounds suffered at Custoza in 1866.