Mr Thomas believes Britain and other European countries that profited from slavery, such as Spain, France, Portugal and Holland (who for many years dominated the trade), should compensate the Caribbean islands they plundered, but at a governmental level. [8], He relinquished his British Army commission on 9 September 1987, thereby retiring after nine years' service as a Coldstreamer. Later, the Draxes married into the Erle family that owned Charborough Park and the sugar profits helped to greatly extend the . Come on, Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, pay up, pay up and redeem your name!Duncan TomsMachynlleth, Powys. Mr Whitehead pointed to a clearing, shaded by tamarind and sandbox trees, where the slaves slept in wooden huts. Richard Drax - or to give him his full name, Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax - is the MP for South Dorset, owner of the Charborough Estate, and by my reckoning, the largest individual landowner in Dorset. [15] In April 2019, in a speech in the House of Commons, Drax said that he "made the wrong call" by supporting the government's Brexit deal and called for the resignation of Theresa May if she failed to take the UK out of the EU by 12 April. David Comissiong, the Barbados ambassador to Caricom, said on Friday: There have been centuries of looting and siphoning off the wealth which should have remained in Barbados. 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 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. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The Mirror's newsletter brings you the latest news, exciting showbiz and TV stories, sport updates and essential political information. John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge was the eldest son of Samuel Elias Sawbridge (b.1769 - d.1851), an MP and landowner, and the grandson of John Sawbridge (1732?-1795), MP for Hythe 1768-74 and for London 1774-1795 and Lord Mayor of London in 1775. The Barbadian revolutionary David Denny thinks otherwise. That this nation exploited more slaves than any other is an often-rehearsed fact. In the Chinese capital, there is even a Barbados development office, these days. A Tory MP has finally admitted to Parliament he owns a former slave plantation where his family made millions. Genealogy for Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (Grosvenor), MP (1762 - 1819) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Drax also owns some 125 Dorset properties personally or through family trusts and could be worth as much as 150m. Genealogy profile for Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor, MP. Sir Hilary Beckles, chairman of the 20-state Caribbean Communitys (Caricom) Reparations Commission and vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies, estimates that as many 30,000 slaves died on the Drax plantations in Barbados andJamaicaover 200 years. His brother, Thomas Grosvenor (1764-1851); of Grosvenor House, Walthamstow, Essex and Stocking Hall, Leics. I have enjoyed a bountiful carrot harvest, having duped carrot fly by planting seeds in lavatory roll holders. The latest examples of this can be seen in the confusing and expensive mess of managing Covid-19. About 20m a huge sum was then paid out to compensate slave owners. Richard Drax has replaced a decade of accounts for four farming firms revealing hundreds of thousands of pounds of undisclosed business. The strongest-looking men could fetch 20 3,500 in todays money; lusting plantation officers would also buy young girls for their harems. Early life [ edit] Drax was born on 29 January 1958 in Westminster, London, into a landowner family. 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. We've been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. In 2013, the BBC noted that his ancestor John Erle-Drax, who had an estate in Barbados, was recorded in a database created by University College London as having received 4,293 12s 6d in compensation for 189 slaves when slavery was abolished. Sir Reginald Drax, younger son of the 17th Lord Dunsany thereby being in remainder to the ancient Barony of Dunsany (cr. It provided a sound education for the superstar singer Rihanna. His son, also called Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor (q.v. To provide help and inspire confidence in our clients and communities everywhere. Black life mattered only to make millionaires of English enslavers and the Drax family did it longer than any other elite family.. He's the MP with the Downton Abbey lifestyle. The Barbados taxpayer subsidises the price and set it last year at about Bds$150 per tonne. Ought we to track down Frenchmen whose families fought with William the Conqueror at Hastings? The Barbados plantation was worked by up to 327 slaves at a time, with the death rate for both adults and children high. For if blameless distant relatives are held responsible for the slave trade or indeed any other long-ago transgression where might all this stop? [29], A 2020 investigation by The Guardian found that Richard Drax still owns and grows sugar on the same Drax Hall Estate in Barbados that made the family's fortune. Cut in half, fill with potting compost, insert one seed in the centre, lightly cover and keep moist. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous Politician. Drax was reinstated on the Active List on 10 September 1984, beginning his second and final period of regular service. Richard Drax's 17th-century ancestors James and William sailed to Barbados in the late 1620s, . He holds the lordship of the manor of Longburton and is a major landowner in east Dorset. Moreover, how far back do the woke brigade expect the reckoning to go? .]. Richard Drax registered the details as the Sunday Mirror revealed his ancestors past and how he still makes a packet from the business. 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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. Like many of his ancestors, Drax is a Dorset MP and is probably the wealthiest landowner in the House of Commons, with 5,600 hectares of farmland and woodlands. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. [22], Drax endorsed Suella Braverman during the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. Drax rarely comments on his ancestors history of slave owning. Once that process is completed, I will of course register it in proper accordance with the rules.. 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Tending his garden, not far from the plantation, Arthur Thomas, a retired teacher well-versed in the history of slavery, bravely opened an unspoken aspect of the debate. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Pamela Weeks (19312019) and a grandson of Admiral The Hon. 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. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? 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. As a writer who abhors racism in all its forms, I find it uncomfortable to defend Mr Drax, an old Etonian former Coldstream Guard on the right of the Conservative Party. Contact Richard Drax This section contains web, social and other contact information for Richard Drax. Richard Drax (Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax) was born on 29 January, 1958 in Westminster, London, United Kingdom, is a British politician. About Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor, MP. 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. 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. James Drax first landed in Barbados in 1627. 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. 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. You drive in and it looks like a plantation might look back in the 17th century. Even before Stand Up To Racism trained their sights on Mr Drax, a pan-West Indian movement had been agitating for Britain and other European nations to pay vast settlements. 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.'. Mr Drax worth about 150million could also face a parliamentary probe. 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. They justify this by claiming the psychological, social and economic damage caused by slavery continues today. They are using the old class thing and that is not what this election is about. ), became owner of Drax Hall. Richard Drax, 1352 - 1370RichardDrax13521370 Drax lives in his family's ancestral seat, Charborough House a Grade I listed manor house in rural Dorset. But who rounded up these slaves and brought them to the African ports where they were purchased? Sugar and Black Death went hand in glove. 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. Published: 00:53 GMT, 3 December 2022 | Updated: 02:01 GMT, 3 December 2022. 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