Phillip Freke
Bristol slave trader, d. 1729
About Phillip Freke
Lived 1669 – 1729 (aged 59–60). Phillip Freke was a slave trader.
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.
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.
In 1708 he became Sheriff of Bristol
His daughter, Ann, married John Brickdale, with whom she had a son, Matthew Brickdale, who was twice MP for Bristol.
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Bristol slave trader, d. 1729
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Phillip Freke was born in 1669.
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Phillip Freke died on 10 December 1729.
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Phillip Freke was a slave trader.
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