Dawsonne Drake

Dawsonne Drake
1st British Governor-General of the Philippines
Governor of Manila
In office
2 November 1762 – 31 May 1764
MonarchGeorge III of the United Kingdom
Preceded byManuel Rojo del Rio y Vieyra
(As Governor-General of the Philippines and Manila)
Succeeded byFrancisco Javier de la Torre
(As the Governor-General of the Philippines and Manila since 17 March 1764)
Governor of White Town
In office
1742–1762
Personal details
Born1724
Madras, India (now Chennai, India)
Died1784 (aged 59–60)
India

Dawsonne Drake (1724–1784) was the first British governor of Manila from 1762 to 1764, during the British occupation of the Seven Years' War. Prior to his term as the Manila administrator, he was the governor of White Town from 1742 to 1762.