This is a selection of Richard Drax’s votes. His father died in … 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. It has a Reparations Commission, whose chair is Sir Hilary Beckles. On this site, you will find my latest campaigns, news articles, press releases, speeches, diaries and contact details. All rights reserved. Richard Drax, the Conservative MP for South Dorset, has inherited the Drax Hall plantation in Barbados after his father’s death in 2017, Last modified on Wed 16 Dec 2020 08.56 EST. These can be found here. Richard Drax, whose family home Charborough House in South Dorset, surrounded by miles of brick wall and impressive gateways adorned with statues of wild animals. Once that process is completed, I will of course register it in proper accordance with the rules.”. A wealthy Tory MP is facing demands to pay reparations for his family’s 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. South Dorset MP Richard Drax SOUTH Dorset MP Richard Drax has praised Prime Minister Boris Johnson for holding his nerve to sign a 'miracle' post-Brexit trade deal with the EU - … For assistance with constituency matters, please contact my office on 01929 462 803. Campaigners are calling for South Dorset MP Richard Drax (pictured) to pay reparations over slave deaths at a Barbados plantation his ancestors ran … Here, you can find my latest news, campaigns and more about me, including how … Sir Hilary Beckles, a prominent Barbadian historian of slavery, said Drax must acknowledge the wealth brought to the family by slavery. I receive many campaign emails from 38 Degrees and other organisations. The estate’s finances are largely opaque to the public gaze and involve at least six trusts and other disconnected financial entities. Are South Dorset Tory MP Richard Drax’s South Dorset Hunt beginning to crumble? Drax has not yet declared the land or its properties in the parliamentary register of members’ interests. After South Dorset Conservative MP Richard Drax suggested boosting the Army’s regular force beyond 100,000, Mr Johnson said the combined strength including reservists will remain above 100,000 but “tough decisions” will be required. South Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Richard Drax, a Conservative. The Draxes also owned a slave plantation in Jamaica which they sold in the 18th century. He replied: “I can’t be held responsible for something that happened 300 or 400 years ago.” Drax said it was an attempt to smear him. 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. They should pay reparations.”. Drax rarely comments on his ancestors’ history of slave owning. South Dorset MP Richard Drax SOUTH Dorset MP Richard Drax said he believes Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown is too cautious for businesses ‘already … 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. South Dorset MP Richard Drax is against the new coronavirus rules and says a “major rethink is needed” in the country’s response.