onnor=. =H= Contributed to _The Club_ in Howe's
_Nova Scotian_, 9; his wit, 35; offered seat in government, 103-104;
elected for Halifax, 106; member of Uniacke government, 110. =Bib.=:
Bourinot, _Builders of Nova Scotia_.

=Drake, Sir Francis= (1540?-1596). Sailed from Plymouth for the River
Plate, 1577; passed through the Straits of Magellan, 1578; plundered
Valparaiso, 1579, and explored the western coast of North America the
same year; returned to England, 1580, by way of the Cape of Good Hope.
Vice-admiral of the fleet in the defeat of the Spanish Armada off
Gravelines, 1588. Died on board his own ship off Porto Bello and buried
at sea. =Index=: =D= On Pacific coast, 7, 8; lays foundation of British
naval supremacy, 16; takes possession of Pacific coast for Queen
Elizabeth, 62; and the Spaniards, 147. =Bib.=: Southey, _Lives of the
Admirals_; Corbett, _Drake and the Tudor Navy_; Payne, _Voyages of the
Elizabethan Seamen to America_; Froude, _English Seamen in the
Seventeenth Century_; Laut, _Vikings of the Pacific_; _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Draper, William Henry= (1801-1877). Born in London, England. In his
youth ran away to sea and served on an East Indiaman. Came to Canada in
1821 and taught school at Port Hope; subsequently studied law and began
practice at York. Elected to Assembly of Upper Canada for city of
Toronto in 1836, and made a member of the Executive Council. During the
Rebellion of 1837 acted as aide-de-camp to the lieutenant-governor. In
March, 1837, became solicitor-general, and in 1840 promoted to office of
attorney-general. After the union of the provinces retained in the
Executive Council as attorney-general of Upper Canada. It fell to his
lot to pilot the ministry through the stormy debates of the first
session, and to resist the attacks of Baldwin, Hincks, and their
fellow-Reformers. In September, 1842, saw the necessity of resigning and
gave way in order that the La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry might be formed.
In 1843 appointed to the Legislative Council, where he led the
opposition. On the resignation of the La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry in
December, 1843, accepted office with Viger, and in the exciting election
held in the autumn of 1844 obtained a bare majority for the new
ministry. In January, 1845, resigned his seat in the Legislative Council
and elected to the Assembly for London. An unsuccessful attempt to
secure the support of the French-Canadian Reform section discredited him
with the Tori