Parliamentary Activity

Tewkesbury's links to the transatlantic slave trade

That this House acknowledges Tewkesbury’s connection to the transatlantic slave trade through historical political figures, including Sir William Codrington (1719–1792) and his nephew Christopher Bethell-Codrington (1764–1843), both Members of Parliament for Tewkesbury and owners of sugar plantations worked by enslaved people in Antigua and Barbados; notes that the latter received compensation following abolition; further notes William Dowdeswell (1721–1775), also MP for Tewkesbury, married B...