Richard Drax - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!
Explore Richard Drax net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Six of his ancestors (John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle–Drax, 17th Lord Dunsany) were members of Parliament for Dorset or Gloucestershire between 1680s-1880s. The 19th and current Lord Dunsany is a cousin. The Daily Mirror reported Drax’s family was slave-owners during the United Kingdom general election campaign. Drax replied that he was not responsible for “something that occurred 300 or 400 years back”. He also stated that “it’sn’t what I stand for” and cited his opponents’ desperation- “all they have is a small piece of my family history.” The BBC reported that John Erle-Drax’s ancestor, who owned a Barbados estate, had been recorded by University College London as having received compensation for 189 slaves. In this article, we will discover how old is Richard Drax? Who is Richard Drax dating now & how much money does Richard Drax have?
| Name | Richard Drax |
| First Name | Richard |
| Last Name | Drax |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Birthday | January 29 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Place of Birth | Westminster |
| Home Town | England |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Parents | Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Pamela Weeks |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Elsebet Drax , Zara Drax |
| Children(s) | Tamara Katherine Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, MORE |
Richard Drax Biography
Richard Drax is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 29, 1958 in Westminster, England, United Kingdom. Drax graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned in British Army as a second lieutenant, joining the Coldstream Guards on December 9, 1978. He was also given the Personal Number 506831. Drax was promoted lieutenant in December 1980. He was then transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers on 9/12/83, which ended his first period of military service.
He relinquished his British Army commission on 9 September 1987, thereby retiring after nine years’ service as a Coldstreamer.
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.
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.
Drax was born in Westminster on 29th January 1958. After attending Harrow School, he went to the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester. He graduated in 1990 with a diploma for rural land management. In 1995, he received a diploma for journalism.
Drax was reinstated on the Active List on 10 September 1984, beginning his second and final period of regular service. He retained the rank of lieutenant with seniority from 10 September 1981 to reflect the three years he had served. He was promoted captain on 10 March 1986.
Richard Drax Net Worth
Richard is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Drax's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
Drax is the eldest son of Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (1928-2017)JP DL and The Hon. Pamela Weeks (1931-1999) and grandson of Admiral the Hon. Sir Reginald Drax is the younger son of 17th Lord Dunsany, thereby remaining in the old Barony of Dunsany. 1462): The second-oldest title in the Peerage. His maternal grandfather, General the Lord Weeks, was his great-uncle and a celebrated playwright and writer the 18th Lord Dunsany.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Politician |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
In 2009, Drax faced criticism from political rivals for ‘hiding his aristocratic roots’ by not using his full quadruple-barrelled name. 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. 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”.
Drax lives in his family’s ancestral seat, Charborough House – a Grade I listed manor house in rural Dorset. He holds the lordship of the manor of Longburton and is a major landowner in east Dorset.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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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 Baron Knight of Weymouth. Drax retained his seat in the 2015 general election with an increased majority and the 2017 general election.
Who is Richard Drax Dating?
According to our records, Richard Drax married to Elsebet Drax , Zara Drax . As of January 13, 2024, Richard Drax’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Richard Drax. You may help us to build the dating records for Richard Drax!On 5 February 2013, Drax voted in the House of Commons against a Second Reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 which legalised marriage for same-sex couples.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
His first wife (divorced 1997) was Zara Legge-Bourke, younger sister of the royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke, relations of the Earl of Dartmouth. Drax married his second wife; Eliza, daughter of Commander James Dugdale RN (related to David Cameron). Drax since married Norwegian-born Elsebet Bødtker and has four children in total.
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”. 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. The Conservative Government had responded to the amendment that they believed homes should be fit for human habitation but did not want to pass the new law that would explicitly require it.
Facts & Trivia
Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Richard Drax celebrates birthday on January 29 of every year.
Who owns the Drax estate?
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.
Does Richard Drax own Drax power station?
However, official sources in Barbados confirm that Richard’s father owned the plantation and had passed it on to his oldest son, Richard. Official documentation shows the MP now controls Drax Hall Plantation. He recently paid Bds$59,375 (£22,200) in annual land tax.
Who is the MP for Dorchester?
| Major settlements | Dorchester, Bridport and Sherborne |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1885 |
| Member of Parliament | Chris Loder (Conservative) |
Where is the Drax estate?
The Drax Hall estate in Barbados was established by Richard Drax’s ancestors 400 years ago as a sugar plantation. It still belongs to the family. Campaigners in Dorset and in the Caribbean are asking Richard Drax to pass the 621-acre Drax Hall estate to the people of Barbados.
Who owns Drax Hall in Jamaica?
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 Drax family also owned slave plantations in Jamaica, which they sold in the mid-1800s.
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