[24], He endorsed Boris Johnson in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. EXCLUSIVE Richard Drax is the wealthiest landowner in the House of Commons and worth as much as 150 million. 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). Mr Drax, a rich, high-profile British MP, had been picked on precisely because was an easy target. . Mr Drax has no plans to return any time soon.. Its always intrigued me that Drax Plantation is still functioning. Once that process is completed, I will of course register it in proper accordance with the rules. They have a responsibility now to make some effort to help repair the damage. The latest examples of this can be seen in the confusing and expensive mess of managing Covid-19. One firm, ACF Co Holdings Ltd, has new accounts showing its subsidiary Abbots Court Farm (Charborough) had made 577,563 profits, and had capital and reserves of more than 1.5m. . That is for Third World countries. After germination, transplant carefully, keeping the cardboard capsule intact, to a deep ridge or large straight-sided pot. NEW ROMNEY1818 - 8 Feb. 1819Family and Education b. 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. People who join H&R Block say it feels like being part of something bigger. .]. The current owner is Richard Drax, a British member of parliament, who inherited the property after the death of his father, Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (1928-2017), a former High Sheriff of Dorset. The Prestigious school where Princes William and Harry were educated is EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince William's potentially awkward visit to homelessness charity. [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. Reparations row MP adds plantation to his register of members interests, Letters: A tax on Drax would be a true Tory cause. [28], 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. Genealogy profile for 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. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Richard Rider (Nova). [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. 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. Since his wealth is based on murder, kidnap and theft, the least he can do is return his plantation in Barbados to its rightful owners, the people who live there now. Since then, we've grown to have approximately 12,000 offices throughout the United States and around the world. 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. As Airbnbs shares go through the roof, we need to challenge the Big Tech monopoly, New Generation of Good Lifers who set out to grow their own Christmas. The Buff Bay plantation was a sugar estate next to the Buff Bay River, south of Charlestown in Jamaica. We revealed he is the wealthiest landowner in the Commons and worth as much as 150million through a series of trusts. . A database created by University College London showed that Richard Draxs ancestor John Sawbridge Erle-Drax MP, who also lived at Charborough Park, received 4,293 12s 6d a very large sum in 1836 in compensation for freeing 189 slaves. Some new arrivals chose to hang themselves rather than face a lifetime of servitude, believing they would be resurrected and transported back to their homelands. Richard Drax registered the details as the Sunday Mirror revealed his ancestors' past - and how he still makes a packet from the business. He retained the rank of lieutenant with seniority from 10 September 1981 to reflect the three years he had served. It provided a sound education for the superstar singer Rihanna. Drax retained his seat in the 2015 general election with an increased majority and the 2017 general election. In reviewing the entries I realised an agricultural property transferred from my mother to me after my fathers death had not been included on the register. James Tappers insightful contribution (New Generation of Good Lifers who set out to grow their own Christmas, News) includes a tip for self-sufficiency from the renowned expert William Sutherland, who advises the novice grower against planting carrots. 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. The latest figures show an average family is paying 400 more a month for. 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. EXCLUSIVE: Richard Drax replaced a decade of accounts for four farming firms revealing hundreds of thousands of pounds of undisclosed business. He had relied upon his accountants to file the necessary accounts and, when he was made aware of the unintended omission, instructed them to immediately rectify the position.. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. . His great-uncle was the celebrated writer and playwright the 18th Lord Dunsany, and his maternal grandfather was General the Lord Weeks. He served across the world, including Germany, Cyprus, Kenya, Brunei, Hong Kong, the United States, London and three operational tours in Northern Ireland. 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. It was suggested the then leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, had asked wealthy Conservative candidates to shorten their names to appear more in touch with normal people. He is a privileged person to have this in his gift.Angela SingerCambridge, It is perhaps to be expected, but nevertheless disappointing, that after generations of his family enjoying so much more than their fair share of the fruits of nature and the labour of others, including slaves, Richard Drax seems unable to rise above himself and take some responsibility, as a few more honourable others have done, for the cost to his fellow humans, past and present, of his inherited property, accumulated wealth and self-serving politics. [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. [1], The Barbados Government is seeking reparations from Drax for his ancestors' involvement in slavery. Tweet. The Drax family received 4,293 pounds, 12 shillings and 6 pence more than 500,000 today. David Comissiong, Barbadoss ambassador to Caricom, says of the Drax family: You cant simply walk away from the scene of the crime. He did this after we asked Companies House about his finances. Ex-Lib Dem leader Vince Cable said: I hope the recently further-enriched Mr Drax pays some attention to polite representations from the Caribbean Community Reparations Commission. "Black life mattered only to make millionaires of English enslavers. The newsletter is emailed out first thing every morning, at 12noon and every evening. Richard Drax, 1352 - 1370RichardDrax13521370 We will update Richard Drax's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. 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]. 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. [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. The MP declined to comment this week. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. His father died in 2017. His wife is Elsebet Drax (m. 1998), Zara Drax (m. 19851997). When, periodically, the Africans rebelled, the reprisals were shockingly swift and savage. There is precedence for compensating descendants of slaves. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 29 January. Richard, who inherited the estate in 2017 on the death of his father, Walter, is the seventh family member to sit in the Commons. Until 2008 the plantations covered some 880 acres, but the Draxes have sold more than 200 acres, some for housing development. Paul Lashmar and Jonathan Smith write, Hes the MP with the Downton Abbey lifestyle. 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. They were beaters hired for a game-shoot he hosted. 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 Barbadian revolutionary David Denny thinks otherwise. This article was amended on 13 December 2020 because an earlier version referred to the Caribbean Reparations Commission (Caricom) To clarify: Caricom is the Caribbean Community, an organisation of fifteen states and dependencies throughout the Caribbean. Richardmarried Christian Drax (born Falos (Fullas or Faloys))circa 1366, at age 29 at marriage place. His brother William took their methods to Jamaica where the former plantation area is also still known as Drax Hall. They called us Little England, and in a lot of ways we still are.. The capsule will disintegrate organically, providing a scent barrier to carrots on the move; chives planted in the same bed are also deterrents.Anne Marie KennedyCo Galway, Ireland, The Conservative MP and landowner could learn to stand on his own two feet, rather than a family fortune built on slavery, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Reparations row MP adds plantation to his register of members interests, He's the MP with the Downton Abbey lifestyle. Richard Anobile, a prolific creator of film books whose friendly collaboration with the anarchic comedian Groucho Marx on a project called "The . The mainly 17th-century mansion with its 120ft folly tower is the model for Welland House in the Thomas Hardy novelTwo on a Tower. By Richard Sandomir. 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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. Those who survived this so-called Middle Passage were paraded, naked and in chains, at an auction in Bridgetowns main square. The rape of female slaves was also common, punishable only by a small fine. Richard Drax is facing calls for an investigation, Mr Drax worth about 150million could also face a parliamentary probe. 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? Richard Drax has replaced a decade of accounts for four farming firms. We are a people company first and a tax company second. Home U.K. Since then, we've grown to have approximately 12,000 offices throughout the United States and . Should individual Danes be forced to compensate the United Kingdom for the rape and pillage of Viking invasions? [6], Drax was reinstated on the Active List on 10 September 1984, beginning his second and final period of regular service. Brother of Henry Drax (-1790) and father of Sarah Frances Drax who married Richard Grosvenor (who became Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor [q.v.]). James Drax first landed in Barbados in 1627. 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. We've been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. (LogOut/ Richard Drax is the Conservative MP for South Dorset, and has been an MP continuously since 6 May 2010. By contemporary accounts, James Drax and his early successors were relatively enlightened owners who believed well-treated slaves worked more efficiently. However, Cohen ignores a major Powell speech that has had a long-lasting, permanent and wholly benevolent impact. You drive in and it looks like a plantation might look back in the 17th century. Asked about its absence on the Parliamentary Register of Members Interests, Drax said on Friday that he is still acting as executor of his fathers will and does not yet legally own the Barbados holdings as these are still going through the probate process and have not yet transferred to my name. [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]. How fitting! Since then, we've grown to have approximately 12,000 offices throughout the United States and around the world. He recently paid Bds$59,375 (22,200) in annual land tax. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873. Occupations of enslaved women on Buff Bay Plantation, 1819, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146643067. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. See full bio . 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". 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. [2][3], 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. 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? If Richard Drax was in front of me now, I would say: Mr Drax, the people of Barbados and Jamaica are entitled to reparatory justice., Beckles, the chair of the Caricom Reparations Commission and vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies, said: Today, when I drive through the Drax Hall land and its environs, I feel a keen sense of being in a massive killing field with unmarked cemeteries. Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2023. Richard Drax, the Conservative MP for South Dorset, has inherited the Drax Hall plantation in Barbados after his fathers death in 2017. He said it was a technical infringement, now corrected. 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. he is one of famous Politician with the age 63 years old group. 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. A visiting priest described watching the punishment meted out to a slave who had stolen a pig to feed his starving family. They justify this by claiming the psychological, social and economic damage caused by slavery continues today. Richardpassed away in 1370, at age 33 at death place. 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. Richard Draxs 17th-century ancestors James and William sailed toBarbadosin the late 1620s, where they cleared lush land in the centre of the island and experimented with growing and processing sugar. In the Chinese capital, there is even a Barbados development office, these days. So, no, Mr Drax is not a man for whom I would readily die in a ditch. ), became owner of Drax Hall. And he has been vocal in the debate about Covid within the party, joining the Tory MPs who have rebelled against the government over its lockdown measures. On his familys side he inherited Olantigh, near Wye, Kent in 1851. This is a part of the nations history, from which we must all learn.. IV, pp. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 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. In response, Drax replied in the Dorset Echo that: 'I cant be held responsible for something that happened 300 or 400 years ago. He'd neglected to mention it on the House of Commons Register of Members' Interests until 29 December 2020, despite the estate being in his family for more than 400 years. Lynne added, "Richard Drax is immensely wealthywith wealth exceeding 150 million. [1] The value of the personalty was 10,381. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Biography. Sir Reginald Drax, younger son of the 17th Lord Dunsany thereby being in remainder to the ancient Barony of Dunsany (cr. "[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. 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