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Richard Drax was born on 29 January 1958 in Westminster, London, into the Drax family.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 2010 election saw Conservative Richard Drax, a former soldier and journalist from a long line of Dorset representatives, defeating the incumbent Jim Knight, who ended his final year in parliament as the Minister (of State) for Employment and Welfare Reform. Richard Drax retained the seat in 2015 election with an increased majority.
The current owner is Richard Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, a British former 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-1700s. [7]
Richard Grosvenor (d.1819), a Member of Parliament for West Looe in Cornwall, married Sarah Frances Drax (1769–1822), heiress of Charborough, and in consequence of his marriage he assumed the surname and arms of "Erle-Drax". [17] He was a nephew of Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor of Eaton Hall, Cheshire. [17]
Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (born Grosvenor; 5 October 1762 – 8 February 1819) was a British politician.. Charborough House, Dorset. Born a member of the Grosvenor family now headed by the Duke of Westminster, he was the son of Thomas Grosvenor, second son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet.
Drax Hall Plantation: St. George: 957 Once owned by Colonel James Drax, it is one of the oldest remaining buildings with a Jacobean-style of architecture in Barbados. By 1913 it was owned by Dunsany. As of 2017, owned by Richard Drax MP. Francia Plantation: St. George
His eldest son and heir was Henry Drax (c.1693–1755), a Member of Parliament [5] and a favourite of the Prince of Wales, who married Elizabeth Ernle, heiress of Charborough House in Dorset, which today remains the residence of his descendant Richard Drax, MP.
This led to a campaign [10] by the Armed Forces community to have his conviction overturned, led by Claire Blackman and the MP for South Dorset, Richard Drax. [11] During the campaign to free him, the Criminal Cases Review Commission concluded that Alexander Blackman's defence team fell "way below the standard expected". [12]