They had 7 children: John Drax, Richard Draxand 5 other children. .]. CITING THIS RECORD:'John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2246 [accessed 2nd March 2023]. [24], He endorsed Boris Johnson in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. In St George Parish, where the 620-acre Drax sugar plantation still employs 13 people and indirectly supports many more there are mixed opinions on the reparations claim. Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (born 29 January 1958) is a British Conservative politician, journalist and landowner, serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dorset since 2010 . According to Parliament's register of interests, Drax was one of 72 Conservative MPs who voted against the amendment who personally derived an income from renting out property. 3784 (Drax Hall). Warning chocolate lovers ultra-processed foods might make you depressed, study claims, Can YOU guess the book? But who rounded up these slaves and brought them to the African ports where they were purchased? But it is Richard Drax MPs inheritance in Barbados, amassed over centuries by his ancestors ownership and appalling treatment of African people which drags him into the spotlight. To restate its commitment to recruit 50,000 nurses by the end of the current parliament not only fails to respond to the immediate shortages but also takes no account of the fact that the target was set before the onset of the pandemic. We are establishing a fund into which families, corporations and establishments like universities that were implicated in some way in the crime of enslavement can pay. The tragedy is that this situation wont change until Eton and other schools start preparing their students for a very different modern world.Tim LewindonFelixstowe, Suffolk, In the face of concern from across the NHS regarding the shortage of nurses and the increased demand resulting from Covid-19, the response of the Department of Health and Social Care is lamentable (Nurses leader: we dont have enough staff to keep all our patients safe, News). Drax worked at York's Evening Press as a reporter in 1991, before joining BBC South where he appeared on both radio and television media, including the daily television news programme South Today. Mr Drax who has described his ancestors slavery role as deeply, deeply regrettable said: I have updated my entries to include the property in Barbados, although that disclosure is not necessary until it has been legally transferred to me. However, Mr Pilgrim conceded that reparations claims could equally be made against many white Barbadians who have built successful businesses on the profits of slavery. ), was also an MP: for Chester 20 Feb. 1795-1826 and Stockbridge, 1826-1830. Reparations row MP adds plantation to his register of members interests, Letters: A tax on Drax would be a true Tory cause. Daily Mirror, 5 May 2010; Dorset Echo, 6 May 2010. South Dorset MP Richard Drax, 62, own Drax Hall in Saint George, Barbados The plantation had a workforce of 327 enslaved people for nearly 200 years Sir Hilary Beckles is demanding he pays. EXCLUSIVE Richard Drax is the wealthiest landowner in the House of Commons and worth as much as 150 million. The two firms on his Register of Members Interest declaration were registered as dormant. REVEALED: Roald Dahl books were neutered by woke consultants aged eight to 30 - led by 'non-binary, asexual, Holiday home owners in Scotland face new SNP tax hike under plans from front-runner to be new First Scotland should just self-identify as an independent country, one SNP member proposed. My parents died in short succession and administration of both estates is ongoing. 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. People whose experiences and knowledge of the islands history lend their opinions far more validity than mine. [16] Drax praised May's successor, Boris Johnson, for achieving a trade deal in December 2020,[17] but in February 2021 expressed concern over the Northern Ireland Protocol and disruption to trade in Northern Ireland. Yet are we to suppose that China, with its ruthless suppression of the Uighurs and Covid lockdown protesters, is morally superior to the unenlightened slavers of Stuart and Georgian England? Its conical tower once held a huge bell that tolled at dawn each morning, summoning the slaves to their 12 hours of back-breaking toil. A cousin is the 19th and present Lord Dunsany. He also admitted that he had never given Mr Drax a second thought until he was contacted by Dorset-based members of Stand Up to Racism. Richard Drax must live on a different planet to the many of his constituents desperately struggling to make ends meet. After 10 years as a backbencher he has become increasingly prominent among Tory rightwing Brexiters driving the governments hardline position on Europe. He recently paid Bds$59,375 (22,200) in annual land tax. Richard Drax was gifted the plantation by his father. Barbadian authorities value the plantation and buildings at Bds$12.5m (4.7m). Yet his passport still bears his quadruple-barrelled name: Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax. Genealogy profile for Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor, MP. 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.'. One only had to watch the parade to see what he meant. Its perpetrators lived like princes. Anyway, that all happened a very long time ago., Pointing proudly to the royal crown that still decorates military uniforms here, he added: Yes, Britain did bad things in Barbados, but it did a lot of good things, too. not a Conservative politician, journalist, landowner and former British Army officer, serving as MP for S.Dorset Bere Regis, England Joined October 2020 1,421 Following 1,395 Followers Tweets & replies Media Pinned Tweet He's the MP with the Downton Abbey lifestyle. 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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Though institutions such as Glasgow University, All Souls College, Oxford, and brewers Greene King have opted to pay compensation for their links to slavery, surely the same onus shouldnt pass down the genealogical tree of every family involved? It was ironic that this had made him a visible target for the reparations-seekers. Richard Drax, better known by her family name Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, is a popular British Politician. In recognition of this, a road has been named after Sir James Drax, and the islands oldest school was established, in 1695, with a bequest from his grandson, Colonel Henry Drax. Richard Drax cannot be responsible for what his ancestors did 400 years ago. I couldnt stand by and watch these white people carry our struggle, he said. Three: we would like to talk to you about how [you should repay these debts]. Drax denied the accusations, saying that he only used the shortened version of his name because of the "logistic mouthful", while Cameron's comments were a "throw away joke". We've been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. 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. There is precedence for compensating descendants of slaves. Discover Richard Drax's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. A wealthy Tory MP is facing demands to pay reparations for his familys part in the Caribbean slave trade after the Observer revealed that he now controls the plantation where his ancestors created the first slave-worked sugar plantation in the British empire almost 400 years ago. The rape of female slaves was also common, punishable only by a small fine. In 1961, when minister of health, he spoke of setting a torch to the funeral pyre of the long-stay mental illness asylums, which he pictured as isolated, majestic and imperious. On the marriage, Sawbridge assumed the name of Erle-Drax. Reputedly the richest landowner in the Commons, his portfolio of companies includes farms that grow poppies to make opium for the NHS and hops for craft breweries. John Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland (4 vols., London, Henry Colburn, 1835-1838), IV, pp. Richard Draxs family profited on the backs of black slaves for many generations. Though Barbados appears to be prospering, and is now rated a high-income economy, he describes it as a post-slavery society still struggling to recover. Richard Drax has replaced a decade of accounts for four farming firms revealing hundreds of thousands of pounds of undisclosed business. For, around 370 years ago, he also pioneered the importation of African slaves to cultivate his lucrative crop. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Inside Frogmore Cottage: Plush home Harry and Meghan have been 'evicted' from by King Charles boasts a roomy Charles evicting Harry and Meghan is the act of a King putting his country first: REBECCA ENGLISH reveals A royal princess at Eton? .] Richard enjoyed a variety of activities, ranging from ceremonial duties, such as Trooping . Chinese labourers (paid less than the Barbadian minimum wage) construct yuan-funded roads and buildings. To burden a son with his fathers sins is egregious enough. He holds the lordship of the manor of Longburton and is a major landowner in east Dorset. The Drax Hall Plantation in Barbados was added to. Early life [ edit] Drax was born on 29 January 1958 in Westminster, London, into a landowner family. The Drax Hall Plantation in Barbados was added to the Register of Members Interests on December 11 days after we told the MP we were running a story. Drax was born on 29 January 1958 in Westminster. Since then, we've grown to have approximately 12,000 offices throughout the United States and . Home U.K. (LogOut/ A captain in the East Kent Militia; raised a troop of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry in 1830 to deal with the Swing Riots; patron of five church livings; appointed sheriff of Dorset, January 1840; a deputy-lieutenant of Dorset in the late 1850s. He is said to have spent money prodigiously [Matthew Beckett] on both Olantigh and Charborough Park, including on the building of the celebrated brick wall surrounding the estate which is said to use about 2 million bricks. [. Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (born 29 January 1958), known as Richard Drax, is a British Conservative politician, journalist, landowner and former British Army officer, serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dorset since 2010. Richard Drax MP's 150m personal fortune was extracted on his ancestors' network of Caribbean plantations, where 30,000 slaves lost their lives. The Drax Hall plantation is not referred to in Richard Draxs Register of Members Interests declaration, and we could not find any family document referring directly to the plantations in the public domain since his great-grandmothers will in 1916, when the Baroness Dunsany bequeathed her estates and plantations in Barbados to her son, Richards grandfather. "The Drax family has done more harm and violence to the black people of Barbados than any other", he said. . Enjoying a few Independence Day drinks outside the Old Brigand pub, some locals suggested their absentee English estate owner (Richard Drax visits his estate only once a year and has never lived there) should be made to help needy families. Official sources in Bridgetown, Barbados, confirmed the MP now farms Drax Hall. The mainly 17th-century mansion with its 120ft folly tower is the model for Welland House in the Thomas Hardy novelTwo on a Tower. We've been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. We've been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. Truss on 149, Sunak on 132. But for all his wealth and power, there is a dark shadow hanging over Richard Drax his familys historical links with slavery in the plantations of the West Indies, which are now prompting mounting calls from former Caribbean colonies for reparations. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. [13], In 2009, Drax faced criticism from political rivals for 'hiding his aristocratic roots' by not using his full quadruple-barrelled name. We have estimated and on. See for the whole family, Burke, vol. They are using the old class thing and that is not what this election is about. Occupations of enslaved women on Buff Bay Plantation, 1819, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146643067. On 5 February 2013, Drax voted in the House of Commons against a Second Reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 that legalised marriage for same-sex couples. During the 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign period, in which he was running for MP for South Dorset, the Daily Mirror reported that Drax's family had earned their fortune through slavery. IV, pp. A Tory MP whose family made millions through slavery is facing calls for an investigation into his company records. So, how much is Richard Drax worth at the age of 64 years old? half brother. NEW ROMNEY1818 - 8 Feb. 1819Family and Education b. EXCLUSIVE: Revealed: Prison reform boss who drunkenly beat her husband every day after downing white wine Are you allowing your bank to rip you off? The Drax family also owned slave plantations in Jamaica, which they sold in the mid-1800s. Change). [1] He was educated at Harrow School before going to the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester where he graduated with a diploma in rural land management in 1990, receiving a further diploma in journalism in 1995. The Buff Bay plantation was a sugar estate next to the Buff Bay River, south of Charlestown in Jamaica. As a reminder of the links between Dorset and Barbados a road that bisects the Charborough estate is called Sugar Hill. Selected as a Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate in July 2006, at the general election in May 2010 Drax defeated the incumbent Labour Member of Parliament for South Dorset, Jim Knight, later Lord Knight of Weymouth. A Tory MP has finally admitted to Parliament he owns a former slave plantation where his family made millions. 5 Oct. 1762, 1st s. of . Drax was reinstated on the Active List on 10 September 1984, beginning his second and final period of regular service. Sleeping for less than six hours a night could increase your risk of getting infections by more Can you solve this trivia riddle? ). 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. I rushed in and rushed out. But he is responsible for what he does now. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. For the Drax family see entries for Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor and John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax (q.v. 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. At Olantigh, large picture galleries and collections of art, Venetian Towers and garden ornaments, such as a huge fountain at the entrance, were added. Richard Drax is facing calls for an investigation, Mr Drax worth about 150million could also face a parliamentary probe. The penalty can be prison. Born on 29 January 1958 in United Kingdom, Richard Drax started his career as Politician . Richard Drax's 17th-century ancestors James and William sailed to Barbados in the late 1620s, . 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Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Though Drax Hall is advertised as a holiday attraction, one of his descendants is the target of an increasingly vindictive campaign, orchestrated by civil rights activists backed by the ruling Barbados Labour Partys special envoy on reparations and economic enfranchisement. The Kola Nut in the Atlantic World, The Barbara T. Christian Literary Award for CSA 2023, Kathleen Martnez continues the search for Cleopatra's tomb, Art Exhibition: Tania Marmolejos Alter Egos. The irony appears to be lost on everyone including VisitScotland, which has now partnered with it in that the only benefit that Tripadvisor claims it gives to the customer for its booking service is that their money is safer with it than with the, presumably wholly untrustworthy, primary provider that it feeds off.Allan DoyleGreenhead, Dumfries. In June hesaid of the Black Lives Matter protests: The desecration of the Cenotaph by rioters two weeks ago, on the actual D-Day anniversary, was beyond ironic. He is vociferous on immigration, too. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 29 January. Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Elsebet Drax (m. 1998), Zara Drax (m. 19851997). The Erle family had owned Charborough House, Dorset, since the C16th and through the marriage, Drax took possession of it. On December 13 we told how the MP for South Dorset had taken control of the 250-hectare sugar plantation, which had a slave workforce from 1640-1836. His great-uncle was the celebrated writer and playwright the 18th Lord Dunsany, and his maternal grandfather was General the Lord Weeks. Men such as Barbados army veteran Pedro Hall, 72, a cousin of the great West Indian fast-bowler Wes Hall. The latest figures show an average family is paying 400 more a month for. It was suggested the leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, has asked wealthy Conservative candidates to shorten their names to appear more in touch with normal people. We revealed in December Mr Drax had failed to register in Members Interests a Barbados sugar plantation he ran. Richard Drax, the Conservative MP for South Dorset, has inherited the Drax Hall plantation in Barbados after his fathers death in 2017. Those who survived this so-called Middle Passage were paraded, naked and in chains, at an auction in Bridgetowns main square. But the shadow of slavery hangs over the gilded life of Richard Drax, Wealthy MP urged to pay up for his familys slave trade past. The Park, with its outstanding garden and ancient deer park, is just a part of the 14,000 acres of Charborough estate that makes Drax and his family the largest individual landowners in Dorset. His father died in 2017. 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