For full article, see https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/12/hes-the-mp-with-the-downton-abbey-lifestyle-but-the-shadow-of-slavery-hangs-over-the-gilded-life-of-richard-drax. Ought we to track down Frenchmen whose families fought with William the Conqueror at Hastings? The barrister told me he would love to prosecute a legal case against him, even though he strongly doubts it would be seen to have validity in the courts. Cut in half, fill with potting compost, insert one seed in the centre, lightly cover and keep moist. People whose experiences and knowledge of the islands history lend their opinions far more validity than mine. By Richard Sandomir. It was built by Richard Drax's ancestor, John Sawbridge, who married into the Drax dynasty, and who was able to finance the build following a recent windfall from his sugar-cane estates in the Caribbean - although the money came not from his sugar, but from his slaves. The Sawbridge and Erle-Drax families had estates in Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Yorkshire (including Ellerton Abbey), Lincolnshire, Surrey, Suffolk and Barbados. [30] The Reparations Commission wants Drax Hall to be returned to Barbados, to be made into a museum. Thus the descendants of a much wronged people can benefit from a new hospital, a well-equipped school or some well-planned housing. That our great reformers led the world in ending it is often overlooked. The Barbados plantation was worked by up to 327 slaves at a time, with the death rate for both adults and children high. 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. For, around 370 years ago, he also pioneered the importation of African slaves to cultivate his lucrative crop. Just what is the special Eton magic that allows it to turn out epic oafs year after year? [21], In May 2022, Drax criticised the decision by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to introduce a windfall tax on oil and gas firms to fund economic support for the public during the cost of living crisis, accusing him of "throwing red meat to socialists". Richard Drax, Conservative MP for South Dorset, earlier this year. Will Huttons assertion that we are a country to be plundered by old and new rentiers alike (As Airbnbs shares go through the roof, we need to challenge the Big Tech monopoly, Comment) is amply demonstrated in the tourism sector, not just by Airbnb but by another parasitic behemoth, Tripadvisor, which contributes nothing to the industry but can still rake off up to 20% of an accommodation bookings value in its fee. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Once we have made him pay, we are coming after the Royal Family.. [25], Drax lives in his family's ancestral seat, Charborough House a Grade I listed manor house in rural Dorset. 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". Conservative MP for South Dorset Richard Drax, Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the Caribbean Community Reparations Commission. His great-uncle was the celebrated writer and playwright the 18th Lord Dunsany, and his maternal grandfather was General the Lord Weeks. IV, p. 211. You drive in and it looks like a plantation might look back in the 17th century. Richard Drax, better known by her family name Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, is a popular British Politician. "He could donate his inheritance to the island on which it stands and still have plenty of property left.. [6], Drax was reinstated on the Active List on 10 September 1984, beginning his second and final period of regular service. Get weekly highlights from Mirror editor Alison Phillips direct to your email. Lets say that things didnt go too well from there, the insider says. How did Enoch Powell, a man with no shame, come to haunt our times? Home U.K. [7] See also [ edit] March 1, 2023, 6:11 p.m. Others countered that, while the deeds of the Drax dynasty could never be condoned, they had already done much to benefit the community. The penalty can be prison. Leading Barbados human rights barrister Andrew Pilgrim KC (a title still used here, though Charles is no longer king) depicts an island where black people are too often treated as second-class citizens, though they overwhelmingly form the majority of the 287,000 population. Official documentation shows the MP now controls Drax Hall Plantation. Richard Drax is facing calls for an investigation, Mr Drax worth about 150million could also face a parliamentary probe. They called us Little England, and in a lot of ways we still are.. 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. Mr Drax worth about 150million could also face a parliamentary probe. Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Elsebet Drax (m. 1998), Zara Drax (m. 19851997). Reparations row MP adds plantation to his register of members interests, Letters: A tax on Drax would be a true Tory cause. Drax kills Thanos. Its like making my great-great-great-grandchildren pay for my wrongdoings not that slavery was considered to be wrong back then. Yet his passport still bears his quadruple-barrelled name: Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax. Mr Drax has no plans to return any time soon.. Tricky emoji quiz will put your knowledge of childhood classics to the test. 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. But he is responsible for what he does now. Later, the Draxes married into the Erle family that owned Charborough Park and the sugar profits helped to greatly extend the . 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. Born on 29 January 1958 in United Kingdom, Richard Drax started his career as Politician . He then gestured towards a disused windmill made from slabs of limestone hewn from a nearby quarry. 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. We shouldnt be asking anyone for money. An updated register was published over Christmas, revealing an apparent scramble to declare father-of-four Mr Draxs previously unregistered business interests. 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. 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. [24], He endorsed Boris Johnson in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. His son, also called Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor (q.v. Which MP is backing whom the updated list. 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. A Tory MP whose family made millions through slavery is facing calls for an investigation into his company records. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Drax has not yet declared the land or its properties in the parliamentary register of members interests. Britain outlawed slave trading in 1807, and ownership of slaves was banned in 1833. Barbados is not a Third World country, he said. 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.'. His brother, Thomas Grosvenor (1764-1851); of Grosvenor House, Walthamstow, Essex and Stocking Hall, Leics. 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? 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 and other providers signed up to contracts they knew were drawn up by employees who had no experience or ability to think through the detail. For all these reasons, and more, I shall continue to fight Richard Draxs corner, uncomfortable as it may be. 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. Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2023. Richard Drax was gifted the plantation by his father. See for the whole family, Burke, vol. Contact Richard Drax This section contains web, social and other contact information for Richard Drax. 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. He also owns a 4.5m holiday villa on nearby Sandbanks, which is rented out at up to 6,734 a week in peak season. 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. The estates finances are largely opaque to the public gaze and involve at least six trusts and other disconnected financial entities. 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. Drax was born on 29 January 1958 in Westminster, London, into a landowner family. Once that process is completed, I will of course register it in proper accordance with the rules.. Something went wrong, please try again later. The move means voters have been denied details about his business interests, and under S106 of the Companies Act it is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make misleading statements. When contacting this Member, they should be addressed as Richard Drax. He was privately educated at Harrow School . 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 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. But this was only by comparison with other plantation bosses. Its always intrigued me that Drax Plantation is still functioning. (LogOut/ 3784 (Drax Hall). Oxford and Glasgow universities gave 100,000 and 20million respectively to Caribbean counterparts after it emerged they received donations linked to slavery. 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. After being flogged relentlessly for days, his ears were cut off and roasted, and he was forced to eat them. 207-11 (entry for John Samuel Wanley Drax-Erle Sawbridge of Charborough). He did this after we asked Companies House about his finances. The fact that he was able to summon a *police helicopter* when peaceful trespassers entered his 13,000-acre estate yday shows you how landowners would use this new law . . Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. 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. Three: we would like to talk to you about how [you should repay these debts]. His first home was a cave and his early farming ventures failed. The South Dorset MP, 63, started replacing entries after our enquiry in January. Drax retained his seat in the 2015 general election with an increased majority and the 2017 general election. His wife is Elsebet Drax (m. 1998), Zara Drax (m. 19851997). The mini-series ended with Drax and Cammi back on a prison ship. 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. Sir Reginald Drax, younger son of the 17th Lord Dunsany thereby being in remainder to the ancient Barony of Dunsany (cr. The latest examples of this can be seen in the confusing and expensive mess of managing Covid-19. As the estate passed down the fractured family line, thousands of slaves were made to cut and grind the Drax sugarcanes, amputating limbs in the rolling machines, being scalded by spills of boiling sugar, dying from insect-borne diseases and exhaustion. Daily Mirror, 5 May 2010; Dorset Echo, 6 May 2010. Six were burnt alive, and 11 beheaded. Since then, we've grown to have approximately 12,000 offices throughout the United States and around the world. Oscar Cainer tells all. We are a people company first and a tax company second. Come on, Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, pay up, pay up and redeem your name!Duncan TomsMachynlleth, Powys. The value of the personalty was 10,381. When he first stood for parliament in 2010, he was asked by the Daily Mirror about his historical responsibility. Pamela Weeks (19312019) and a grandson of Admiral The Hon. 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. .]. From the very early stages of the familys involvement in slavery and the sugar trade, through the career of Sir James Drax in Barbados during the 17th century, the Drax dynasty were able to generate extraordinary wealth through the cultivation of sugar by enslaved Africans.. We revealed he is the wealthiest landowner in the Commons and worth as much as 150million through a series of trusts. half brother. The Drax family received 4,293 pounds, 12 shillings and 6 pence more than 500,000 today. Barbados is wholly justified in asking for the . 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. 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Mr Drax was also criticised for failing to pay beaters at shooting parties on his estate the minimum wage. After germination, transplant carefully, keeping the cardboard capsule intact, to a deep ridge or large straight-sided pot. It sounds a comparatively modest sum, but by then their 200 years of profits had been invested in English properties and businesses. Drax married his second wife; Eliza, daughter of Commander James Dugdale RN (related to David Cameron) in 1998. Sir Hilary Beckles, a prominent Barbadian historian of slavery, said Drax must acknowledge the wealth brought to the family by slavery. he is one of famous Politician with the age 63 years old group. 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Warning chocolate lovers ultra-processed foods might make you depressed, study claims, Can YOU guess the book? 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. His brother William took their methods to Jamaica where the former plantation area is also still known as Drax Hall. It provided a sound education for the superstar singer Rihanna. "[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. Christianwas born circa 1341, in Yorkshire, England. 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. 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. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. [26] He also owns the 2,200-acre (890ha) Ellerton Abbey farming estate in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, and the nearby 520-acre (210ha) Copperthwaite Allotment grouse moor. Two: show remorse and participate in reparatory justice. For the Drax family see entries for Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor and John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax (q.v. Erle-Drax's descendant, Richard Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, was elected as Conservative MP for South Dorset in the United Kingdom general election, 2010 using the 'truncated' name Richard Drax. We will update Richard Drax's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. I'm a Feng Shui expert and these are the three things I will never allow in a bedroom. I rushed in and rushed out. Powells was a constructive and humane challenge to the entrenched attitudes of psychiatric and nursing professionals. . His father died in 2017. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. 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. As it has changed little since the mid-1600s, one could imagine the appalling misery of the men, women and children who once worked here. He is a member of famous Politician with the age 64 years old group. Since his wealth is based on murder, kidnap and theft, the least he can do . (LogOut/ Pictured:Richard Drax. About 20m a huge sum was then paid out to compensate slave owners. They were beaters hired for a game-shoot he hosted. 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. (LogOut/ 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. 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. On Friday, the MP said he 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. A cousin is the 19th and present Lord Dunsany. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. But to hold a wholly innocent man to account for the evils of his distant ancestors seems utterly preposterous. By 1839, the estate was 840 acres. 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. 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. Slavery was the business of buying and selling. Together . Dont they have a responsibility as well?. 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. Drax was reinstated on the Active List on 10 September 1984, beginning his second and final period of regular service. "Black life mattered only to make millionaires of English enslavers. His grandson Henry concurred. [1], Drax is the eldest son of Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (19282017)[27] JP DL and The Hon. Genealogy profile for Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor, MP. So, how much is Richard Drax worth at the age of 64 years old? Its time for action! Beckles says Richard Drax should: One: apologise to African people and the people of the Caribbean. Published: 00:53 GMT, 3 December 2022 | Updated: 02:01 GMT, 3 December 2022. Richard Drax cannot be responsible for what his ancestors did 400 years ago. Pamela Weeks (19312019) and a grandson of Admiral The Hon. Within three weeks, his ministerial circular envisaged a variety of services for mentally ill people. We've been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. 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. He retained the rank of lieutenant with seniority from 10 September 1981 to reflect the three years he had served. 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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. A Tory MP whose family made millions through slavery is facing calls for an investigation into his company records. 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. 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. Companies House said failure to keep records updated could result in action. The Drax fortune includes vast expanses of land and property in England but, as our investigation reveals, the familys role as plantation owners inBarbadosappears to remain key to the MPs wealth. 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