Henry
Drax
MP
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas (Shetterden) Drax
and Elizabeth (Ernley) Drax
Brother of
James Edward Colleton MP [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Ernle) Drax
— married
1720 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 62
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 13 May 2016
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Biography
Born about 1693, Henry Drax was the eldest son of Thomas Drax (formerly Shatterden) of Pope’s Common, Hertfordshire, Ellerton Abbey and Barbados and his wife Elizabeth Ernle,[1] daughter of Edward Ernle of Etchilhampton in Wiltshire. He was educated at Eton 1706-7 and at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Before 23 Dec. 1719, he had married his cousin, Elizabeth Ernle, daughter and heir of Sir Edward Ernle, 3rd Bt., and his wife, Frances Erle, daughter and heir of General Thomas Erle of Charborough in Dorset. Together they had 3 sons and 5 daughters.
He died 24 May 1755. [2]
Sources
- Wikipedia biography of his son-in-law, Augustus Berkeley [1]
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