Which MP is backing whom the updated list. 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. Beckles told us that historically the Drax family has done more harm and violence to the black people of Barbados than any other family. 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. 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". His father died in 2017.. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Official documentation shows the MP now controls Drax Hall Plantation. David Comissiong, Barbadoss ambassador to Caricom, says of the Drax family: You cant simply walk away from the scene of the crime. Its time for action! 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). Harvested sugar cane is no longer processed at the plantations but taken to a central processing plant and then refined for export. The Drax Hall Plantation in Barbados was added to. .] (LogOut/ 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.'. For the Drax family see entries for Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor and John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax (q.v.). But he is responsible for what he does now. [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". An updated register was published over Christmas, revealing an apparent scramble to declare father-of-four Mr Draxs previously unregistered business interests. 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. By Richard Sandomir. On the marriage, Sawbridge assumed the name of Erle-Drax. They called us Little England, and in a lot of ways we still are.. 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. Warning chocolate lovers ultra-processed foods might make you depressed, study claims, Can YOU guess the book? 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. Oxford and Glasgow universities gave 100,000 and 20million respectively to Caribbean counterparts after it emerged they received donations linked to slavery. They have a responsibility now to make some effort to help repair the damage. His great-uncle was the celebrated writer and playwright the 18th Lord Dunsany, and his maternal grandfather was General the Lord Weeks. 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. Clive Stafford Smith organised fictional legal proceedings against Richard Drax using 40 pupils aged between 12 and 18, some of whom are from a school within his South Dorset constituency. 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 . That this nation exploited more slaves than any other is an often-rehearsed fact. 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. One only had to watch the parade to see what he meant. In 2009, Drax faced criticism from political rivals for 'hiding his aristocratic roots' by not using his full quadruple-barrelled name. Pictured:Richard Drax. 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. Three: we would like to talk to you about how [you should repay these debts]. Mr Drax worth about 150million could also face a parliamentary probe. The MP for the nearby corrupt borough of Wareham, Dorset, he appears to have never said anything in the Commons save for asking the Speaker that a window be opened (though this story may be apocryphal). At Olantigh, large picture galleries and collections of art, Venetian Towers and garden ornaments, such as a huge fountain at the entrance, were added. Drax was born on 29 January 1958 in Westminster. [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. half brother. Britain outlawed slave trading in 1807, and ownership of slaves was banned in 1833. Richard Draxs family profited on the backs of black slaves for many generations. 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. The Erle family had owned Charborough House, Dorset, since the C16th and through the marriage, Drax took possession of it. This might sound controversial coming from a black person, he began, but there are many parts to the slavery story. 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. 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. The Drax family also owned slave plantations in Jamaica, which they sold in the mid-1800s. 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. (LogOut/ 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. How fitting! 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. A Tory MP whose family made millions through slavery is facing calls for an investigation into his company records. Iniquitously, the government paid the 45,000 Britons still owning slaves at the start of Queen Victorias reign vast sums in compensation for giving them up. Brother of Henry Drax (-1790) and father of Sarah Frances Drax who married Richard Grosvenor (who became Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor [q.v.]). . Campaigners demanded Mr Drax, 62, pay reparations for harm caused by his familys slave trade. He retained the rank of lieutenant with seniority from 10 September 1981 to reflect the three years he had served. Barbados is not a Third World country, he said. He then gestured towards a disused windmill made from slabs of limestone hewn from a nearby quarry. [6], Drax was reinstated on the Active List on 10 September 1984, beginning his second and final period of regular service. As well as being extremely wealthy, Drax is also an outspoken politician. Drax is the eldest son of Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (19282017)JP DL and The Hon. See for the whole family, Burke, vol. 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. Mr Drax was also criticised for failing to pay beaters at shooting parties on his estate the minimum wage. 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. 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. But who rounded up these slaves and brought them to the African ports where they were purchased? NEW ROMNEY1818 - 8 Feb. 1819Family and Education b. People who join H&R Block say it feels like being part of something bigger. Companies House said failure to keep records updated could result in action. .]. 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.. He did this after we asked Companies House about his finances. The Drax family did it longer than any elite family.. [24], He endorsed Boris Johnson in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. T71/898 Barbados claim no. He served across the world, including Germany, Cyprus, Kenya, Brunei, Hong Kong, the United States, London and three operational tours in Northern Ireland. We've been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. 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. 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. Together . 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. 207-11 (entry for John Samuel Wanley Drax-Erle Sawbridge of Charborough). Richard Drax MP's 150m personal fortune was extracted on his ancestors' network of Caribbean plantations, where 30,000 slaves lost their lives. [22], Drax endorsed Suella Braverman during the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. Richard Rider (Nova). Such was Sir Jamess wealth that in 1650 he built the plantation house Drax Hall that still stands today and in which he lived, according to an eyewitness, like a prince. 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. 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Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The value of the personalty was 10,381. Later, the Draxes married into the Erle family that owned Charborough Park and the sugar profits helped to greatly extend the mansion and lands back in England. 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. Richard DRAX MP not (@DraxNot) / Twitter Richard DRAX MP not @DraxNot not a Land owner of a walled estate in Dorset. 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. He's the MP with the Downton Abbey lifestyle. 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. IV, pp. His first wife (divorced 1997) was Zara Legge-Bourke, younger sister of the royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke, relations of the Earl of Dartmouth. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. To burden a son with his fathers sins is egregious enough. 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. and on. 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. 5 Oct. 1762, 1st s. of . On his familys side he inherited Olantigh, near Wye, Kent in 1851. Should individual Danes be forced to compensate the United Kingdom for the rape and pillage of Viking invasions? A Tory MP whose family made millions through slavery is facing calls for an investigation into his company records. Others countered that, while the deeds of the Drax dynasty could never be condoned, they had already done much to benefit the community. People whose experiences and knowledge of the islands history lend their opinions far more validity than mine. Men such as Barbados army veteran Pedro Hall, 72, a cousin of the great West Indian fast-bowler Wes Hall. That is for Third World countries. In Bridgetowns newly republican corridors of power, there is, of course, a wholly different viewpoint. On the marriage, Sawbridge assumed the name of Erle-Drax. He recently paid Bds$59,375 (22,200) in annual land tax. For if blameless distant relatives are held responsible for the slave trade or indeed any other long-ago transgression where might all this stop? Details: Leeds Mercury, 30 June 1887. Richard Drax, 1352 - 1370RichardDrax13521370 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.]). This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 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. 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. The mausoleum was demolished in 1935 and replaced by a flat memorial stone. 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. The Buff Bay plantation was a sugar estate next to the Buff Bay River, south of Charlestown in Jamaica. And so this heinous system, which by the mid-1670s funded British crown coffers with the modern equivalent of 540 billion a year went on . Change). 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. 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. Richard Drax, 64, has reportedly been threatened with legal action in the international courts by politicians on the Caribbean island if he refuses to comply with their demands. For, around 370 years ago, he also pioneered the importation of African slaves to cultivate his lucrative crop. Richard was delighted to re-elected the MP for South Dorset in December 2019. [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. At 64 years old, Richard Drax height not available right now. [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. Sir Hilary Beckles, a prominent Barbadian historian of slavery, said Drax must acknowledge the wealth brought to the family by slavery. Something went wrong, please try again later. After 10 years as a backbencher he has become increasingly prominent among Tory rightwing Brexiters driving the governments hardline position on Europe. 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. The Drax family received 4,293 pounds, 12 shillings and 6 pence more than 500,000 today. Get weekly highlights from Mirror editor Alison Phillips direct to your email. 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". . But to hold a wholly innocent man to account for the evils of his distant ancestors seems utterly preposterous. Lynne added, "Richard Drax is immensely wealthywith wealth exceeding 150 million. Nurses leader: we dont have enough staff to keep all our patients safe. The newsletter is emailed out first thing every morning, at 12noon and every evening. 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. Richard Drax registered the details as the Sunday Mirror revealed his ancestors' past - and how he still makes a packet from the business. Cut in half, fill with potting compost, insert one seed in the centre, lightly cover and keep moist. 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. Sugar and Black Death went hand in glove. [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. So, no, Mr Drax is not a man for whom I would readily die in a ditch. 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. You drive in and it looks like a plantation might look back in the 17th century. The estates finances are largely opaque to the public gaze and involve at least six trusts and other disconnected financial entities. Drax was born on 29 January 1958 in Westminster, London, into a landowner family. he is one of famous Politician with the age 63 years old group. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Richard Drax has replaced a decade of accounts for four farming firms revealing hundreds of thousands of pounds of undisclosed business. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. In the Chinese capital, there is even a Barbados development office, these days. 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. "The Drax family has done more harm and violence to the black people of Barbados than any other", he said. Drax lives in his family's ancestral seat, Charborough House a Grade I listed manor house in rural Dorset. Drax is only the first target, he told me, evidently fired up for this great new crusade. Drax kills Thanos. 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. About Richard. One of only three Jacobean mansions in the Americas, the official Barbados tourism website lists it as one of the islands seven wonders. 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 When contacting this Member, they should be addressed as Richard Drax. 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. His son, also called Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor (q.v. To provide help and inspire confidence in our clients and communities everywhere. 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. Erle-Drax's two daughters pre-deceased him. [1], Drax is the eldest son of Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (19282017)[27] JP DL and The Hon. 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 MPs spokesman said: Richard was made aware on February 5 of omissions in the Companies House filings in relation to unlimited Abbots Court Farm and Anderson Manor Farm. Christianwas born circa 1341, in Yorkshire, England. James Drax first landed in Barbados in 1627. On top of all that, he was named and shamed by HM Revenue and Customs, last year, among 139 employers who paid staff below the minimum wage. 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. 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. Drax has not yet declared the land or its properties in the parliamentary register of members interests. Biography. Richard Drax's net worth The roads are filled with Beijing-built buses. [23] After Braverman was eliminated, he supported Liz Truss. 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. 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). 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 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". He was promoted captain on 10 March 1986. By contemporary accounts, James Drax and his early successors were relatively enlightened owners who believed well-treated slaves worked more efficiently. 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