Sir Francis Henry Drake, 4th Baronet of Buckland Abbey, Devon was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1740.
Buckland Abbey is a Grade I listed 700-year-old house in Buckland Monachorum, near Yelverton, Devon, England, noted for its connection with Sir Richard Grenville the Younger and Sir Francis Drake. It
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 was the eldest surviving son of Sir Francis…
Buckland Abbey, front
Buckland Abbey, rear view
The staircase at Buckland Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery later converted into a country house.