Birth Name: Nicholas Rodney Drake
Date of Birth: June 19, 1948
Place of Birth: Rangoon, Burma
Date of Death: November 25, 1974
Place of Death: Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England
Ethnicity: English, 1/8th Welsh
Nick Drake was an English singer, songwriter, and musician.
Nick was the son of Molly Drake (born Mary Lloyd), a poet and musician, and Rodney Shuttleworth Drake, an engineer. His sister is actress Gabrielle Drake. Nick’s parents met in Burma, while his father was working with the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation. His mother was born in Rangoon, Burma, where her parents were working with the Indian Civil Service. In the early 1950s, Nick moved with his family to Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England.
Nick’s paternal grandparents were Ernest Charles Drake (the son of Charles Henry Drake and Sarah Louisa Brown) and Alice Violet Gregson (the daughter of Robert Shuttleworth Gregson and Alice Metcalfe/Metcalf).
Nick’s maternal grandparents were Sir Idwal Geoffrey Lloyd (the son of John Lloyd and Mary Esther Southworth) and Georgette “Georgie” Helena Grant (the daughter of Charles Martin Grant). Nick’s great-grandfather John was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, the son of Thomas Lloyd and Ann Rice/Rhees/Rhys. Mary Esther was the daughter of James Southworth and Mary Tanner Townend.
Sources: Obituary of Nick Drake – http://www.findagrave.com
Birth certificate of Nick’s father – https://familysearch.org
Nick’s paternal grandparents, Ernest Charles Drake and Alice Violet Gregson, on the 1901 England and Wales Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Nick’s mother – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Nick’s maternal grandfather, Idwal Geoffrey Lloyd – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Nick’s maternal grandfather, Idwal Geoffrey Lloyd, on the 1891 England and Wales Census – https://familysearch.org