A Tory MP has finally admitted to Parliament he owns a former slave plantation where his family made millions. Richard enjoyed a variety of activities, ranging from ceremonial duties, such as Trooping . Beckles says Richard Drax should: One: apologise to African people and the people of the Caribbean. 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. You drive in and it looks like a plantation might look back in the 17th century. 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. [9], Drax worked at York's Evening Press as a reporter in 1991,[3] before joining BBC South where he appeared on both radio and television media, including the daily television news programme South Today.[10]. . Its perpetrators lived like princes. For the Drax family see entries for Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor and John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax (q.v. 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. Harrow-educated 62-year-old Drax, a former Guards officer and BBC journalist, lives at Charborough Park, noted for its three-mile long brick wall running alongside one of Dorsets major roads. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. There has been speculation about whether the Drax family still owned the Barbados estate as absentee landlords, especially after Richards father Henry Drax died in 2017. People who join H&R Block say it feels like being part of something bigger. 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 The "new" Drax killed Lunatik and one of the Blood Brothers. . It only began to end after 1833, when slavery was abolished in the British Empire. So, it seems, this highly charged stand-off is set to drag on. If he espouses the same cause that so many Tories champion, that it does people good to learn to stand on their own two feet, he would surely welcome the introduction of wealth and land taxes.Brian WoollandSalisbury, Wiltshire, Richard Drax cannot be responsible for what his ancestors did 400 years ago. It provided a sound education for the superstar singer Rihanna. 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 . See full bio . But the shadow of slavery hangs over the gilded life of Richard Drax, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Matthew Parkers masterful book includes harrowing first-hand accounts of the trials they suffered after being crammed into galleys (where up to a quarter died of disease and suffocation) and shipped across the Atlantic. No doubt some will accuse me of flippancy, but I have been heartened to learn, this week, that a good many black Barbadians share my misgivings. He relinquished his British Army commission on 9 September 1987, thereby retiring after nine years' service as a Coldstreamer. Apart from the lamentable examples of ministers of state, headed by a prime minister, we also have a civil service that hasnt the faintest idea how to manage multimillion-pound deals with suppliers of goods and services. Tax Justice Network chief Alex Cobham said of Mr Draxs new records: Its difficult to see how this error could have been made in a way that was neither knowing nor reckless.. Richard Drax (Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax) was born on 29 January, 1958 in Westminster, London, United Kingdom, is a British politician. Conservative MP for South Dorset Richard Drax, Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the Caribbean Community Reparations Commission. They called us Little England, and in a lot of ways we still are.. ), was also an MP: for Chester 20 Feb. 1795-1826 and Stockbridge, 1826-1830. [1], The Barbados Government is seeking reparations from Drax for his ancestors' involvement in slavery. During the election campaign there was some controversy when the Daily Mirror wrote that Drax's ancestors had earned their fortune on slavery. This is a part of the nations history, from which we must all learn.. EXCLUSIVE Richard Drax is the wealthiest landowner in the House of Commons and worth as much as 150 million. Dont they have a responsibility as well?. 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. 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. Drax passed out from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned in the British Army joining the Coldstream Guards on 9 December 1978 as a second lieutenant; he was given the Personal Number 506831. Furthermore, he has been publicly criticised for failing to file his company accounts on time and omitting to declare his ownership of the Barbados plantation in the parliamentary Register of Members Interests. Richardpassed away in 1370, at age 33 at death place. Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Elsebet Drax (m. 1998), Zara Drax (m. 19851997). Official sources in Bridgetown, Barbados, confirmed the MP now farms Drax Hall. Pamela Weeks (19312019) and a grandson of Admiral The Hon. Richard Drax cannot be responsible for what his ancestors did 400 years ago. Drax Hall is an imposing, grey stone residence built for a 17thcentury entrepreneur who revolutionised the Caribbean sugar industry, and in so doing helped make Britain the wealthiest nation on earth. Its time for action! Drax married his second wife; Eliza, daughter of Commander James Dugdale RN (related to David Cameron) in 1998. 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. He said it was a technical infringement, now corrected. A year after becoming a republic, Barbados pursues damages for sins of its colonial past Ministers call on Richard Drax, the UK owner of the largest former slave estate on the island, to atone. The Sawbridge and Erle-Drax families had estates in Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Yorkshire (including Ellerton Abbey), Lincolnshire, Surrey, Suffolk and Barbados. [31], Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Last edited on 12 February 2023, at 22:40, July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, "He's the MP with the Downton Abbey lifestyle. On the marriage, Sawbridge assumed the name of Erle-Drax. He was privately educated at Harrow School . 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. On the marriage, Sawbridge assumed the name of Erle-Drax. 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. They should pay reparations.. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Drax kills Thanos. Since his wealth is based on murder, kidnap and theft, the least he can do . Richard Drax is the Conservative MP for South Dorset, and has been an MP continuously since 6 May 2010. Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2023. It is an ironic description, not only because would-be visitors driving into the remote sugar plantation over which the house looms are greeted by a keep out sign, daubed on an oil drum. Oxford and Glasgow universities gave 100,000 and 20million respectively to Caribbean counterparts after it emerged they received donations linked to slavery. [7] He was promoted captain on 10 March 1986. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old? Proud to say I have achieved my APM Project Management Qualification (on the second attempt albeit), with help from Richard Leach who has been delivering a | 12 LinkedIn Tom Henderson LinkedIn: #engineering #power #projectmanagement | 12 Cut in half, fill with potting compost, insert one seed in the centre, lightly cover and keep moist. When contacting this Member, they should be addressed as Richard Drax. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873. [25], Drax lives in his family's ancestral seat, Charborough House a Grade I listed manor house in rural Dorset. Drax is the eldest son of Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (19282017)JP DL and The Hon. EXCLUSIVE: Richard Drax replaced a decade of accounts for four farming firms revealing hundreds of thousands of pounds of undisclosed business. John Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland (4 vols., London, Henry Colburn, 1835-1838), IV, pp. Richard Drax must live on a different planet to the many of his constituents desperately struggling to make ends meet. 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. Annihilation. The latest examples of this can be seen in the confusing and expensive mess of managing Covid-19. At 64 years old, Richard Drax height not available right now. The accounts reveal in 2014 it had assets of more than 3.1m, and 3.4m in 2019. [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. Companies House said failure to keep records updated could result in action. 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. Pictured:Richard Drax. Richard Draxs assertion that no one can be held responsible today for what happened many hundreds of years ago might sound a little less disingenuous if he wasnt personally profiting to such a vast extent from the appalling actions of his own ancestors (Wealthy MP urged to pay up for his familys slave trade past, News). The Drax family did it longer than any elite family.. Paul Lashmar and Jonathan Smith write, Hes the MP with the Downton Abbey lifestyle. IV, p. 211. We've been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. Warning chocolate lovers ultra-processed foods might make you depressed, study claims, Can YOU guess the book? Let me declare my personal position at the outset. 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. Before he first stood for election, in 2010, David Cameron apparently urged him to de-toff his image, whereupon he declared himself an ordinary man of Dorset. For all these reasons, and more, I shall continue to fight Richard Draxs corner, uncomfortable as it may be. As well as being extremely wealthy, Drax is also an outspoken politician. Since then, we've grown to have approximately 12,000 offices throughout the United States and around the world. The Draxes also owned a slave plantation in Jamaica which they sold in the 18th century. About Richard. Mr Drax has no plans to return any time soon.. Richard Drax has replaced a decade of accounts for four farming firms revealing hundreds of thousands of pounds of undisclosed business. He holds the lordship of the manor of Longburton[citation needed] and is the largest individual landowner in Dorset, owning approximately 13,870 acres (5,610ha), equivalent to 2% of the land in Dorset. 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. Official documentation shows the MP now controls Drax Hall Plantation. Britain outlawed slave trading in 1807, and ownership of slaves was banned in 1833. 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. Mr Drax had asked for their discussions to be private, Im told, but he arrived to find Ms Mottley accompanied by a coterie of messianic reparations campaigners. By 1839, the estate was 840 acres. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. 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. Barbadian authorities value the plantation and buildings at Bds$12.5m (4.7m). Contact Richard Drax This section contains web, social and other contact information for Richard Drax. We are a people company first and a tax company second. Erle-Drax's two daughters pre-deceased him. 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. His first wife (divorced 1997) was Zara Legge-Bourke, younger sister of the royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke, relations of the Earl of Dartmouth. The newsletter is emailed out first thing every morning, at 12noon and every evening. Two: show remorse and participate in reparatory justice. Drax denied the accusations, saying that he used the shortened version of his name only because of the "logistic mouthful", while Cameron's comments were a "throw away joke". Sugar and Black Death went hand in glove. Its like making my great-great-great-grandchildren pay for my wrongdoings not that slavery was considered to be wrong back then. Drax since married his third wife, Norwegian-born Elsebet Bdtker, and has four children in total. Drax lives in his family's ancestral seat, Charborough House a Grade I listed manor house in rural Dorset. Drax was reinstated on the Active List on 10 September 1984, beginning his second and final period of regular service. The Drax wealth may be hidden by a great wall of secrecy and unanswered questions away from prying eyes. But this was only by comparison with other plantation bosses. 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. A Tory MP whose family made millions through slavery is facing calls for an investigation into his company records. March 1, 2023, 6:11 p.m. We've been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. Richard Draxs family profited on the backs of black slaves for many generations. [24], He endorsed Boris Johnson in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. The department needs to respond to the very real concerns of beleaguered NHS professionals.Neil MacehiterGreat Shelford, Cambridge. We might ask, for example, why the Barbadian authorities rage against one former colonial master while cosying ever closer to a very current one, in the form of China. [8], He relinquished his British Army commission on 9 September 1987, thereby retiring after nine years' service as a Coldstreamer. On his familys side he inherited Olantigh, near Wye, Kent in 1851. Sir Reginald Drax, younger son of the 17th Lord Dunsany thereby being in remainder to the ancient Barony of Dunsany (cr. Drax's response questioned his responsibility for "something that happened 300 or 400 years ago", stating "it's not what I stand for", and cited the desperation of his opponents- "all they can do is pick at bits of my family history". Men such as Barbados army veteran Pedro Hall, 72, a cousin of the great West Indian fast-bowler Wes Hall. Drax retained his seat in the 2015 general election with an increased majority and the 2017 general election. Mr Drax was also criticised for failing to pay beaters at shooting parties on his estate the minimum wage. ET. "Black life mattered only to make millionaires of English enslavers. ), became owner of Drax Hall. 3784 (Drax Hall). After a big uprising in 1675, more than 100 slaves were brought before a kangaroo court, 17 of whom were instantly pronounced guilty. Genealogy profile for Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor, MP. The process has been complicated, which led to this accidental oversight., Get UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox. [23] After Braverman was eliminated, he supported Liz Truss. Produce from Draxs firms all with offices on his Charborough estate in Dorset includes barley for brewers and opium poppies for NHS morphine. Never miss a moment by signing up to our newsletter here. 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? Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The MP for South Dorset, Richard Drax, has inherited the 250-hectare Drax Hall plantation in Barbados from his father, inquiries by the Observer have established. They are using the old class thing and that is not what this election is about. Christianwas born circa 1341, in Yorkshire, England. Richard Drax, 1352 - 1370RichardDrax13521370 Should individual Danes be forced to compensate the United Kingdom for the rape and pillage of Viking invasions? He was privately 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. Once that process is completed, I will of course register it in proper accordance with the rules. Tweet. Pamela Weeks (19312019) and a grandson of Admiral The Hon. Drax Hall is an imposing, grey stone residence built for a 17thcentury entrepreneur who revolutionised the Caribbean sugar industry, and in so doing helped make Britain the wealthiest nation on earth. However, official sources in Barbados confirm that Richards father owned the plantation and had passed it on to his oldest son, Richard. In response, Drax replied in the Dorset Echo that: 'I cant be held responsible for something that happened 300 or 400 years ago. 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. Richard Drax registered the details as the Sunday Mirror revealed his ancestors past and how he still makes a packet from the business. Why did this happen? 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. His first home was a cave and his early farming ventures failed. In 1827 he married Jane, the daughter of Richard Erle-Drax Grosvenor and a member of the Drax family which was so prominent among the slave-owners of Barbados. The two firms on his Register of Members Interest declaration were registered as dormant. Richard Drax MP was one of the first MPs to call for the criminalisation of trespass. [30] The Reparations Commission wants Drax Hall to be returned to Barbados, to be made into a museum. But he is responsible for what he does now. Beckles told us that historically the Drax family has done more harm and violence to the black people of Barbados than any other family. Daily Mirror, 5 May 2010; Dorset Echo, 6 May 2010. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. I couldnt stand by and watch these white people carry our struggle, he said. In Barbados, the imposing plantation house, Drax Hall, built around 1650, still stands the oldest house in the western hemisphere and sugar is still grown on the plantation. He retained the rank of lieutenant with seniority from 10 September 1981 to reflect the three years he had served. 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. Chinese labourers (paid less than the Barbadian minimum wage) construct yuan-funded roads and buildings. [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. Drax was promoted lieutenant on 9 December 1980, before being transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers after active service on 9 December 1983, ending his first period of full-time military service. How fitting! half brother. But Mr Drax admits they were active holding companies for his unlimited companies. His son, also called Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor (q.v. Last week, leading figures in the Caribbean Communitys (Caricom) Reparations Commission described the Drax Hall plantation as a killing field and a crime scene from the tens of thousands of African slaves who died there in terrible conditions between 1640 and 1836. Drax married his second wife; Eliza, daughter of Commander James Dugdale RN (related to David Cameron). 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He holds the lordship of the manor of Longburton and is a major landowner in east Dorset. After 10 years as a backbencher he has become increasingly prominent among Tory rightwing Brexiters driving the governments hardline position on Europe. The Erle family had owned Charborough House, Dorset, since the C16th and through the marriage, Drax took possession of it. Though the event celebrated the islands severance with Britain, it drew heavily on British tradition, from the marching music to the choreography of the tattoo. By 1680, he had 327 black chattels and just seven whites. His father died in 2017. 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. Yet to my mind there is something fundamentally unfair about singling out any individual and holding him responsible for the horrors of slavery; a practice that was mercifully outlawed five generations before he was born after an abolition campaign led by Britain. [22], Drax endorsed Suella Braverman during the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. Following his death in 1887 the house and estate at Olantigh passed to his nephew, Wanley Ellis Sawbridge-Erle-Drax, who again shared his time between Charborough and Olantigh, until 1903 when the house burnt down. .] Richard DRAX MP not (@DraxNot) / Twitter Richard DRAX MP not @DraxNot not a Land owner of a walled estate in Dorset. Its always intrigued me that Drax Plantation is still functioning. Richardmarried Christian Drax (born Falos (Fullas or Faloys))circa 1366, at age 29 at marriage place. The shame and despair of being physically attacked by your own child, Do not sell or share my personal information. Its not what I stand for and I ignore it., On Friday, Drax said: I am keenly aware of the slave trade in the West Indies, and the role my very distant ancestor played in it is deeply, deeply regrettable, but no one can be held responsible today for what happened many hundreds of years ago. The MP declined to comment this week. The Dutch also gave him the idea to replace the indentured English and Irish servants who worked his land with imported Africans, whom he deemed able to do the work of three white men. According to David Denny, a self-proclaimed Barbadian revolutionary, the Tory politician should donate hundreds of millions towards the building of schools, roads, health centres and other community projects. . Over 200 years, 30,000 slaves died at this and the other Drax plantations, according to Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chair of CARICOM's Reparations Commission. 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