Henry Drax (c. 1693–1755) of Ellerton Abbey, Yorkshire and Charborough, near Wareham, Dorset was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1718 and 1755.
Ellerton Abbey House
Drax was the eldest son of Thomas Drax (formerly Shatterden) of Pope's Common, Hertfordshire, Ellerton Abbey and Barbados and his wife Elizabeth Ernle, daughter of Edward Ernle of Etchilhampton, Wiltshire. He is also a grandson of James Drax, a wealthy planter in Barbados, who pioneered the cultivation of sugar with the use of African slave labour.
HenryDrax (c. 1693–1755) of Ellerton Abbey, Yorkshire and Charborough, near Wareham, Dorset was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons...
Dorset. By 1680, HenryDrax was the owner of the largest plantations on Barbados, then in the parish of St. John. A planter-merchant, Drax had a hired 'proper...
Elizabeth Drax. Thomas changed his surname to Drax, having become the heir of his wealthy childless uncle Col. HenryDrax, a sugar planter of Drax Hall in...
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (born 29 January 1958) is a British Conservative Party politician, landowner and former journalist serving as...
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Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, KCB, DSO, JP, DL (né Plunkett; 28 August 1880 – 16 October 1967), commonly known as Reginald Plunkett or Reginald Drax, was an Anglo-Irish...
1695 as the Drax Parish School, under the 1682 will of plantation owner Colonel HenryDrax (great-uncle of the Whig politician HenryDrax), who had left...
until it was purchased in the 1690s by Col. HenryDrax, a wealthy slave owner and sugar planter, of Drax Hall in Barbados, who was looking for an English...
18th century. He was the son of HenryDrax, British MP and owner of slave plantations in Barbados and Jamaica. Drax was MP for Corfe Castle from 1744...
said Nicholas Martyn. HenryDrax's Estate Act 1691 3 Will. & Mar. c. 10 24 February 1692 An Act to vest the Estate late of HenryDrax Esquire, deceased,...
Hodgkinson HenryDrax Member of Parliament for Wareham 1754–1761 With: HenryDrax 1754–1755 Edward Drax 1755–1761 Succeeded by Thomas Erle Drax John Pitt...
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