Philip Freke
Philip Freke (1661 - 10 December 1729) was an English merchant involved in the slave trade and based in Bristol. Freke stood unsuccessfully as a tory candidate for the Bristol two seat constituency in the 1715 British general election.[1]
In 1698 he was one of 33 signatories who petitioned the House of Lords against the introduction of a 10% tax for those engaged in the slave trade.[2]
In 1708 he became Sheriff of Bristol [3]
His daughter, Ann, married John Brickdale, with whom she had a son, Matthew Brickdale, who was twice MP for Bristol.[3]
On his death, his son, Thomas Freke, took over his slave-trading business.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ The House of Commons 1715-1754, by Romney Sedgwick (HMSO 1970)
- ^ Minchinton, Waiter Edward (1963). Politics and the Port of Bristol in the eighteenth century: The petitions of the society of Merchant Venturers,1698-1803 (PDF). Bristol: Bristol Record Society.
- ^ a b Dresser, Madge; Hann, Andrew (2013). Slavery and the British Country House. Swindon: English Heritage.
- ^ Richardson, David (1985). The Bristol slave traders : a collective portrait (PDF). Bristol: Bristol Branch of the Historical Association. ISBN 9780901388438.