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1800 births1887 deathsConservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituenciesUK MPs 1841–47UK MPs 1847–52UK MPs 1852–57UK MPs 1859–65UK MPs 1868–74UK MPs 1874–80Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry officersDeputy Lieutenants of DorsetBritish Militia officersHigh Sheriffs of DorsetErnle family


Victorian eraSamuel Elias SawbridgeOlantighKentJohn SawbridgeLord Mayor of LondonRichard Erle-Drax-GrosvenorRichard Erle-Drax-GrosvenorCharborough HouseEast Kent MilitiaDorsetshire YeomanrySwing Riotschurch livingsDorsetHolnestBlackmore ValeDorsetByzantineletter boxHigh Sheriff of DorsetConservativeToryWarehampocket boroughJohn Hales CalcraftHouse of CommonsSpeaker of the HouseRichard Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-DraxSouth DorsetUnited Kingdom general election, 2010





























John Erle-Drax
Member of Parliament
for Wareham

In office
1841–1857
Preceded byJohn Hales Calcraft
Succeeded byJohn Hales Calcraft

In office
1859–1865
Preceded byJohn Hales Calcraft
Succeeded byJohn Calcraft

In office
1868–1880
Preceded byJohn Calcraft
Succeeded byMontague Guest

Personal details
Born
(1800-10-06)6 October 1800
Blackmore Vale
Died5 January 1887(1887-01-05) (aged 86)
NationalityBritish
Political party
Conservative (Tory)
Spouse(s)Jane Frances Erle-Drax Grosvenor
OccupationPolitician


Olantigh House after the fire of 1903, with equestrian statue of John Erle-Drax


John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax (6 October 1800 – 5 January 1887) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) during the Victorian era.




Contents





  • 1 Personal life


  • 2 Parliament


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Personal life


Born John Sawbridge, he was the son of Samuel Elias Sawbridge, of Olantigh in Kent, and grandson of John Sawbridge, Lord Mayor of London in 1775.[1] John married Jane Frances Erle-Drax-Grosvenor, daughter of Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor, in 1827. On 13 August 1828, his wife's brother Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor died unmarried, and he succeeded to her family estates, including Charborough House, assuming the surname of Erle-Drax.[2]


He was a captain in the East Kent Militia, and raised a troop of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry in 1830 to deal with the Disturbances or Swing Riots of that year;[3][4] he held the patronage of five church livings, and was a deputy-lieutenant of Dorset in the late 1850s.[5]


Erle-Drax built his mausoleum, located beside Holnest church in the Blackmore Vale in Dorset, fifteen years before his death. He included in the Byzantine-style design a letter box, through which he arranged to have The Times delivered daily. He died on 5 January 1887, at which time the date was added to the epitaph. The mausoleum was demolished in 1935 and replaced by a flat memorial stone.[6]



Parliament


After serving a term as High Sheriff of Dorset in 1840 [7] Erle-Drax was the Conservative (Tory) Member of Parliament for Wareham for three periods between 1841 and 1880.[8] Wareham was a pocket borough with just 342 electors, controlled jointly by Erle-Drax and John Hales Calcraft, who arranged for one or the other of them to be returned at each election.[5] Immediately prior to the opening of the polls at one election, he made the following statement to the electors of Wareham: "I understand that some evil-disposed person has been circulating a report that I wish my tenants, and other persons dependent upon me, to vote according to their conscience. This is a dastardly lie, calculated to injure me. I have no wish of the sort. I wish, and intend, that these people should vote for me."[9]


During his tenure in the House of Commons, Erle-Drax was known as the "Silent MP". He made only one known statement in the House, which was a request that the Speaker of the House have a window opened.[6]


Erle-Drax's descendant, Richard Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, was elected as Member of Parliament [6] for South Dorset in the United Kingdom general election, 2010 using the 'truncated' name Richard Drax.[10]



References


Footnotes


  1. ^ Burke, p. 211


  2. ^ Burke, pp. 207–209


  3. ^ Burke 1838, p. 207


  4. ^ Burke, p. 207


  5. ^ ab Richardson, p. 47


  6. ^ abc Legg, Rodney (2009-12-11). "The Silent MP". Times Online. Retrieved 31 December 2009..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  7. ^ "No. 19819". The London Gazette. 31 January 1840. pp. 197–198.


  8. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs


  9. ^ Fraser, p. 263


  10. ^ http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Drax_Richard.aspx


Sources

  • Burke, John (1838). A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank: but uninvested with heritable honours, Volume 4 (1838 ed.). Henry Colburn.
    - Total pages: 811


  • Fraser, William (1891). Disraeli and his day. Kegan Paul.


  • Richardson, R. J. (1859). The lower house, or, the peers and aristocracy: being a complete key to the House of Commons. Vickers. JSTOR 60202447.

  • Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax


External links


  • Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Erle-Drax










Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Hales Calcraft

Member of Parliament for Wareham
1841–1857
Succeeded by
John Hales Calcraft
Preceded by
John Hales Calcraft

Member of Parliament for Wareham
1859–1865
Succeeded by
John Calcraft
Preceded by
John Calcraft

Member of Parliament for Wareham
1868–1880
Succeeded by
Montague Guest






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