Sir Hugo Drax

Real name Graf Hugo Von der Drache, English war hero and entrepreneur who has everyone fooled

Born to an English mother, Drax is educated in Britain until the age of twelve, when he can ‘stand this filthy country no longer’, and moves to Berlin. During WWII, Drax works in SS intelligence, focussing on terrorism and sabotage.

While bombing American and British liaison headquarters, and disguised as a British soldier, he is seriously injured, losing half his face and suffering total amnesia for a year. It is during this period that Drache is identified as Hugo Drax, an orphan who has previously worked on the Liverpool docks. After his discharge, Drax builds his fortune by trading metals, specifically Columbite, in Tangier through his company Drax Metals Ltd. Upon returning to the UK, he writes a letter to the Queen offering his entire Columbite stock to finance Moonraker, a super atomic rocket designed to protect the nation from its Cold War enemies. For this he is given a knighthood. However, it seems that Drax has other intentions for Moonraker – soon it will be aimed and armed to hit London, ready to fulfil his Fuhrer’s legacy.

DID YOU KNOW?

Drax is named after Ian Fleming’s acquaintance Admiral Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernie-Erle-Drax.