Sir Robert Cann, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert Cann, 1st Baronet | |
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| Born | Robert Cann c. 1621 |
| Died | 1685 |
| Citizenship | English |
| Occupation | Member of Parliament |
| Years active | 11 February 1678, March 1679, and October 1679 – 28 October 1680 |
| Known for | Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bristol |
Sir Robert Cann, 1st Baronet (c. 1621–1685), of Small Street, Bristol and Stoke Bishop, Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire, was an English politician and slave trader.[1] He was Mayor of Bristol in 1662, a member of the Society of Merchant Venturers, and enlarged the building at Stoke Bishop.[2] Cann campaigned for a law against kidnapping of white children for plantation work, but was himself fined in 1685 for taking criminals from Bristol to work on Bristol-owned Caribbean plantations.[1]
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bristol in 11 February 1678, March 1679, and October 1679 – 28 October 1680.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Estates within 5 miles of Bristol | Profits | From America to Bristol | Slavery Routes | Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery | PortCities Bristol". web.archive.org. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Latimer, John (1903). The history of the Society of Merchant Venturers of the City of Bristol; with some account of the anterior Merchants' Guilds. Robarts - University of Toronto. Bristol, Arrowsmith.
- ^ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/cann-sir-robert-1621-85
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