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Sir Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 1st Baronet

1785 – 1870

British Army officer and Baronet

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About Sir Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 1st Baronet

Lived 1785 – 1870 (aged 84–85). Sir Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 1st Baronet was a military personnel.

Sir Thomas Trayton Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 1st Baronet (1785–1870) was a British Army officer.

The Fuller-Eliott-Drake Baronetcy, of Nutwell Court, Devon, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 August 1821 for Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, grandson of the first Lord Heathfield, and grand-nephew of the last Drake baronet of Buckland. Originally surnamed simply Fuller, the first baronet had adopted the additional surnames Eliott and Drake upon his inheritance of Buckland Abbey and Nutwell Court from the second Lord Heathfield in 1813. He was succeeded by his nephew Francis George Augustus Fuller.

Fuller-Elliot-Drake was an officer in the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, joining in 1804, and serving under Sir John Moore during the 1808 expedition to Sweden, and in the Battle of Corunna. Serving in the Walcheren Expedition in 1809, Fuller-Elliot-Drake returned to the Peninsula, where he was present at the Battles of Sabugal, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, and San Munos, where he was severely wounded. He left the Peninsula in 1812.

Fuller-Elliot-Drake was awarded the Military General Service Medal with two clasps. From 1838 to 1843 he had a London home at 4 Upper Brook Street, Mayfair.

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Born
1785
Birth century
Died
1870
Occupation
Positions held
High Sheriff of Devon
Also known as
Fuller-Elliot-Drake, Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, Sir Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake

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British Army officer and Baronet

When was Sir Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 1st Baronet born?

Sir Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 1st Baronet was born in 1785.

When did Sir Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 1st Baronet die?

Sir Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 1st Baronet died in 1870.

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Sir Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 1st Baronet was a military personnel.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 1st Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7529129

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