Rufus D. Hayes of Baton Rouge became the first insurance commissioner, and Drayton Boucher of Webster Parish was named over voting machines until he was replaced by Douglas Fowler of Red River Parish, when Boucher decided not to run for the office in the 1959-1960 election cycle.

Another Long confidante, former legislator Drayton Boucher of Springhill and later Baton Rouge, was named as interim " custodian of voting machines " from 1958 – 1959, only to be replaced by still another ally, Douglas Fowler of Coushatta, who won the position when it became an elective office in 1960.

* Drayton Boucher

* 1945 – Jerome Drayton, Canadian marathon runner

* 1959 – Flavor Flav ( William Jonathan Drayton Jr .), American rapper ( Public Enemy )

* August 4 – Percival Drayton, United States Navy officer ( b. 1812 )

* April 9 – The world's first commercial electric telegraph line comes into operation alongside the Great Western Railway line, from Paddington Station to West Drayton.

* Michael Drayton of England ( 1563 – 1631 ), poet

* August 25 – Percival Drayton, United States Navy officer ( d. 1865 )

* December 23 – Michael Drayton, English poet ( b. 1563 )

Nicholas Hawksmoor ( probably 1661 – 25 March 1736 ) was a British architect born in Nottinghamshire, probably in East Drayton or Ragnall.

* Hanwell: Introduction, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington ( 1962 ), pp. 220 – 24.

* Leslie Drayton – trumpet

Michael Drayton ( 1563 – 23 December 1631 ) was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era.

* Michael Drayton – The Legend of Great Cromwell

* England's Helicon ( anthology ) – including work by Edmund Spenser, Michael Drayton, Thomas Lodge, Philip Sidney and others

* Pell Wall Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire ( 1822 – 8 )

## Charlotte Augusta Astor ( 1858 – 1920 ), married 1st 1879 ( divorced 1896 ) James Coleman Drayton ( 1852 -?

Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG ( REYE-əths-lee ; 21 December 1505 – 30 July 1550 ), known as The Lord Wriothesley between 1544 and 1547, was a politician of the Tudor period born in London to William Wrythe and Agnes Drayton.

* British History Online – Victoria County History of Buckinghamshire: Volume 3 – Drayton Beauchamp

* John Drayton ( 1766 – 1822 ), Governor of South Carolina

* Michael Drayton ( 1563 – 1631 ), English poet

* Percival Drayton ( 1812 – 1865 ), U. S. Navy officer

* Thomas Drayton ( 1809 – 1899 ), American Civil War Confederate general

* William Drayton ( 1776 – 1846 ), U. S. congressman

* Kia Drayton ( born 1983 ), American model

George Fox was born in the strongly puritan village of Drayton-in-the-Clay, Leicestershire, England ( now known as Fenny Drayton ), 15 miles ( 24 km ) west-south-west of Leicester.

Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy as Christina and Matt Drayton. The film tells the story of Joanna " Joey " Drayton ( Katharine Houghton ), a young white woman who has had a whirlwind romance with Dr. John Prentice ( Sidney Poitier ), a young, idealistic black physician she met while in Hawaii.

The plot centers on Joanna ’ s return to her liberal upper-class American home in San Francisco, bringing her new fiancé to dinner to meet her parents ( newspaper publisher Matt Drayton ( Spencer Tracy ), perhaps a Hearst characterization, and his wife, small art gallery owner Christina Drayton ( Katharine Hepburn )).

Schools in Hanwell include St Mark's Primary School, Hobbayne Primary School, Mayfield Primary School, Oaklands Primary School, Drayton Manor High School, ( which later adopted as its own the motto the Hanwell Council's motto of nec aspera terrent ), Elthorne Park High School and Brentside High School.

Created by Beatles producer Sir George Martin ( who grew up on Drayton Park in Highbury ), the studios saw the recording of some of the best-known albums created by bands including Queen, Genesis, the Rolling Stones, the Sex Pistols and the Clash.

* G Force ( roller coaster ), a roller coaster at Drayton Manor Theme Park

** William Drayton ( J ), from May 17, 1825

* Buster Drayton ( born 1952 ), American boxer

These included a tragedy Caesar's Fall ( written with Michael Drayton, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton and Anthony Munday ), and a collaboration with Thomas Dekker Christmas Comes but Once a Year ( 1602 ).

Jackson made three defenses of his crown, against former IBF title holder Buster Drayton ( TKO 3 ), Francisco DeJesus ( KO 8 ), and future three-time champion Terry Norris ( TKO 2 ).

* The first part of the Life of Sir John Oldcastle, by Anthony Munday, Michael Drayton, Robert Wilson, and Richard Hathwaye ; printed anonymously in 1600 ( Q1 ), and again in 1619 ( Q2 ) under the name of William Shakespeare.

John Lewis ( 1855-1926 ), football referee and a founder of Blackburn Rovers F. C., was born at Market Drayton.

* Bill Drayton ( born 1943 ), U. S. social entrepreneur and environmentalist

* Dean Drayton ( born 1941 ), Australian church leader

* Jerome Drayton ( born 1945 ), Canadian distance runner