Sir William Draper

(1721-1787)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Draper, William, Sir, 1721-1787 NRA: Draper, Sir William (1721-1787) Knight Lieutenant General DNB: Draper, Sir William (1721-1787), army officer LBT ID: WiDrape1787 VIAF ID: 15943280 LOC ID: n86053954	B/BAP: 1721 DIED: 1787-01-08
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English officer who captured Manila in 1762 during the Seven Years' War; he unsuccessfully responded to Junius's attacks on government corruption and eventually retired to Bath, where he was a friend of Christopher Anstey.
REFERENCES TO Sir William Draper: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, “Letter from Z. to Mr Leigh Hunt” in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 2 (January 1818) 414-17 Found 1: ¶ 13 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter IV. Found 1: ¶ 11