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{{Short description|Canadian police chief (1837–1894)}}
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| name             = Francis Collier Draper
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| office1          = Chief Constable of the<br>[[Toronto Police Service|Toronto Police Department]] 
| predecessor1     = [[William Stratton Prince]]
| successor1       = [[H.J. Grasett]]
| term_start1      = 1874
| term_end1        = 1886
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1837|03|03}}
| birth_place      = [[Toronto]], [[Upper Canada]]  
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1894|07|25|1837|03|03}} 
| death_place      = Toronto, Ontario   
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| spouse           = Mary Catherine Baines <br> Elsie Draper
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| relations        = [[William Henry Draper (judge)|William Henry Draper]], father <br> [[William George Draper]], brother
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'''Francis Collier Draper''' (March 3, 1837 in [[Toronto]] &ndash; July 25, 1894)  was [[Chief Constable]] of Toronto beginning 16 January 1874.

==Family and education==
He was the son of [[William Henry Draper (judge)|William Henry Draper]], [[Solicitor General of Ontario|Solicitor General]], [[Chief Justice]] and head of the [[Ontario government]] for some years. His mother was Augusta White. He married twice, first to Mary Catherine Baines (died 1872) the daughter of [[Thomas Baines Esq.|Thomas Baines]], Secretary of the [[Clergy Corporation]], and had a child, Mary Augusta Catherine Draper. His second wife was Elsie, widow of Henry Routh. There were no children of the second marriage.

Draper was educated at [[Upper Canada College]] and [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] in Troy, N.Y.

==Career==
He was called to the bar in 1867. He was a Major in [[The Queen's Own Rifles]] and an active sportsman. Draper was also a [[freemason]] and served as registrar of the provincial grand lodge. Draper became [[Toronto Police Service|Police Chief]] of Toronto on 16 January 1874. He continued in this role for 12 years resigning only due to ill health.

== References ==
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6074 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'']

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