Drax retained his seat in the 2015 general election with an increased majority and the 2017 general election. I think its more of a moral argument, he said, adding that Mr Drax would be well-advised to save his reputation by accepting responsibility, apologising, and volunteering a substantial sum towards opening a slavery awareness museum, or some similar project. Should individual Danes be forced to compensate the United Kingdom for the rape and pillage of Viking invasions? The "new" Drax killed Lunatik and one of the Blood Brothers. Born on 29 January 1958 in United Kingdom, Richard Drax started his career as Politician . Tweet. 207-11 (entry for John Samuel Wanley Drax-Erle Sawbridge of Charborough). That this nation exploited more slaves than any other is an often-rehearsed fact. It only began to end after 1833, when slavery was abolished in the British Empire. Drax married his second wife; Eliza, daughter of Commander James Dugdale RN (related to David Cameron) in 1998. In 2009, Drax faced criticism from political rivals for 'hiding his aristocratic roots' by not using his full quadruple-barrelled name. One document reveals his involvement in the farm, showing that in February he registered the plantation as a business in the Barbados Companies House in his full name, Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax. The lineage of Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor and the Drax family was: The Foreign Secretary's lead amongst MPs grows", "The ten landowners who own one-sixth of Dorset", "Obituary of Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax", "MP Richard Drax, his wife, the lesbian housekeeper and the threesome that never was", "Barbados plans to make Tory MP pay reparations for family's slave past", "Benedict Cumberbatch's ancestors got rich from slavery in Barbados. In January 2016, the Labour Party unsuccessfully proposed an amendment in Parliament that would have required private landlords to make their homes "fit for human habitation". And so this heinous system, which by the mid-1670s funded British crown coffers with the modern equivalent of 540 billion a year went on . They are only going after him because he is the last colonial owner.. Richard Drax registered the details as the Sunday Mirror revealed his ancestors past and how he still makes a packet from the business. Richard enjoyed a variety of activities, ranging from ceremonial duties, such as Trooping . [24], He endorsed Boris Johnson in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. The TV presenter and historian David Olusoga says: The Drax family are one of the few who were pioneers in the early stages of the British slave economy back in the 17th century and, generations later, still owned plantations and enslaved people at the end of British slavery in the 1830s. Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2023. We are a people company first and a tax company second. Drax married his second wife; Eliza, daughter of Commander James Dugdale RN (related to David Cameron). [12][non-primary source needed], In the House of Commons he has sat on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and currently serves on the European Scrutiny Committee. After being flogged relentlessly for days, his ears were cut off and roasted, and he was forced to eat them. Ukrainian soldier takes out five Russian tanks and three armoured vehicles in ONE DAY using US-supplied Ukraine's first lady condemns Putin for 'mercilessly firing at civilians' as 'deliberate missile strike' on 'Big Brother' AI robot is unveiled as government adviser that will monitor the public's opinions in Romania, Wife is shocked after husband of 15 years asks for permission to have an affair: 'I don't know what to do', My Daily Horoscope: What does March 2nd hold for MY star sign? One only had to watch the parade to see what he meant. Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the Caribbean Community Reparations Commission and vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies, said: People of Barbados and Jamaica are entitled to reparatory justice. Im not sure I agree, but after being shown round the plantation by Richard Draxs estate manager, white Barbadian Philip Whitehead, I can understand the sentiment. [13], In 2009, Drax faced criticism from political rivals for 'hiding his aristocratic roots' by not using his full quadruple-barrelled name. However, a well-placed source tells me he might have been amenable to such a solution, had he not been ambushed at a meeting in early October with the Barbadian prime minister Mia Mottley. But this was only by comparison with other plantation bosses. They are demanding that South Dorset MP Richard Drax, who now owns the estate, must pay a vast sum to compensate for the historic sins of his forebears. .]. . The Drax family received 4,293 pounds, 12 shillings and 6 pence more than 500,000 today. For the Drax family see entries for Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor and John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax (q.v. Cut in half, fill with potting compost, insert one seed in the centre, lightly cover and keep moist. The answer is that civil servants and ministers had no education to prepare them for the world of negotiating and managing commercial contracts. In response, Drax replied in the Dorset Echo that: 'I cant be held responsible for something that happened 300 or 400 years ago. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Drax since married Norwegian-born Elsebet Bdtker and has four children in total. Iniquitously, the government paid the 45,000 Britons still owning slaves at the start of Queen Victorias reign vast sums in compensation for giving them up. As author Matthew Parker states in his definitive book The Sugar Barons, by the end of the 17th century virtually every British merchant and investor was implicated in the slave-driven sugar economy. Nurses leader: we dont have enough staff to keep all our patients safe. We revealed he is the wealthiest landowner in the Commons and worth as much as 150million through a series of trusts. His properties stretch from North Yorkshire to Dorset, where he lives in a Grade I-listed stately home with some 14,000 acres and his estimated worth is 150 million. The MP declined to comment this week. Sugar and Black Death went hand in glove. Those who survived this so-called Middle Passage were paraded, naked and in chains, at an auction in Bridgetowns main square. he is one of famous Politician with the age 63 years old group. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873. They are using the old class thing and that is not what this election is about, its not what I stand for, and I ignore itI think it shows how desperate they are if all they can do is pick at bits of my family history.'. Richard Drax, the Conservative MP for South Dorset, has inherited the Drax Hall plantation in Barbados after his fathers death in 2017. King Charles IIs brother, James, was president of the Royal African Company, the biggest supplier of slaves, and shares were held by such lauded figures as the philosopher John Locke and diarist Samuel Pepys. He should not be denied credit for setting in train one of the great social policy changes of the 20th century.Terry PhilpotLimpsfield Chart, Surrey. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. The mausoleum was demolished in 1935 and replaced by a flat memorial stone. Drax since married his third wife, Norwegian-born Elsebet Bdtker, and has four children in total. Get weekly highlights from Mirror editor Alison Phillips direct to your email. At least six of his ancestors, including John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax and the 17th Lord Dunsany, were Members of Parliament for Dorset and Gloucestershire between the 1680s and 1880s. Richardpassed away in 1370, at age 33 at death place. Drax lives in his family's ancestral seat, Charborough House a Grade I listed manor house in rural Dorset. Lets say that things didnt go too well from there, the insider says. A visiting priest described watching the punishment meted out to a slave who had stolen a pig to feed his starving family. We will update Richard Drax's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. Which MP is backing whom the updated list. ), was also an MP: for Chester 20 Feb. 1795-1826 and Stockbridge, 1826-1830. For, around 370 years ago, he also pioneered the importation of African slaves to cultivate his lucrative crop. People who join H&R Block say it feels like being part of something bigger. James Drax first landed in Barbados in 1627. I couldnt stand by and watch these white people carry our struggle, he said. Catherine Bennett was right to question the special Eton magic (Just what is the special Eton magic that allows it to turn out epic oafs year after year?, Comment). By contemporary accounts, James Drax and his early successors were relatively enlightened owners who believed well-treated slaves worked more efficiently. Sir Hilary Beckles, a prominent Barbadian historian of slavery, said Drax must acknowledge the wealth brought to the family by slavery. Brother of Henry Drax (-1790) and father of Sarah Frances Drax who married Richard Grosvenor (who became Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor [q.v.]). Drax responded to the incident by saying: "I popped in to get some literature and very thoughtlessly parked on those lines which I immediately regretted and apologise to the organisation straight away. It was ironic that this had made him a visible target for the reparations-seekers. [citation needed], His first wife (divorced 1997) was Zara Legge-Bourke, younger sister of the royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke, relations of the Earl of Dartmouth. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old? About Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor, MP. "[19][20], In June 2020, Drax wrote an article in the Dorset Echo suggesting that rioters linked to the Black Lives Matter protests had been responsible for desecrating The Cenotaph war memorial in London. Drax was reinstated on the Active List on 10 September 1984, beginning his second and final period of regular service. He aired his views before marching in an impressive ceremony marking Barbadoss 56th anniversary of independence, and its first year as a republic, at the Kensington Oval cricket ground in Bridgetown. It has a Reparations Commission, whose chair is Sir Hilary Beckles. EXCLUSIVE Richard Drax is the wealthiest landowner in the House of Commons and worth as much as 150 million. Since then, we've grown to have approximately 12,000 offices throughout the United States and . Together . The Estate has been in existence since 1086 and is mentioned in the Domesday Book and . [7] He was promoted captain on 10 March 1986. Mr Drax, 63, is believed to be the wealthiest landowner in the House of Commons, with 5,600 hectares of farmland and woodlands, and is worth about 150million. But Mr Drax admits they were active holding companies for his unlimited companies. His father died in 2017. On 5 February 2013, Drax voted in the House of Commons against a Second Reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 which legalised marriage for same-sex couples. Lynne added, "Richard Drax is immensely wealthywith wealth exceeding 150 million. David Comissiong, Barbadoss ambassador to Caricom, says of the Drax family: You cant simply walk away from the scene of the crime. But then, as I have learnt while investigating this story very much of-the-moment, in a week when the British royals are mired in another race furore it is a saga rife with dubious reasoning and double standards. Sir Reginald Drax, younger son of the 17th Lord Dunsany thereby being in remainder to the ancient Barony of Dunsany (cr. Mr Drax was also criticised for failing to pay beaters at shooting parties on his estate the minimum wage. Biography. Richard Rider (Nova). This was so new and startling that even Powell called it a colossal undertaking, while recognising that his ideas required care in the community (a phrase he did not use). Conservative MP for South Dorset Richard Drax, Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the Caribbean Community Reparations Commission. 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