Crisp Molineux
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Crisp Molineux MP (1730–1792) was a British politician and slave holder.
Biography
Molineux was born on the island of Saint Kitts in 1730, the eldest surviving son of Charles L. Molineux and Margaret Molineux (formerly Crisp).{{Cite web |title=MOLINEUX, Crisp (1730-92), of Garboldisham, Norf. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/molineux-crisp-1730-92 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=historyofparliamentonline.org}}
In 1754, Molineux returned to England and purchased Garboldisham Hall in Norfolk. Molineux was able to purchase this property due to his inheritance of several sugar plantations and enslaved people on Saint Kitts.{{Cite web |title=Summary of Individual {{!}} Legacies of British Slavery |url=https://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645503 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk}}
In 1756, Molineux married Catherine Montgomerie, the daughter of George Montgomerie, at St George's Church, Hanover Square in Mayfair.{{Cite web |title=Oysterfleet Farm |url=https://www.canveyisland.org/places-3/canvey-farms/oysterfleet-farm/oysterfleet_farm |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=CanveyIsland.org |language=en}}
In 1766, Molineux unsuccessfully campaigned to be Member of Parliament for King's Lynn and was also linked with campaigns for Newcastle-under-Lyme and Dover, eventually becoming Member for Castle Rising in 1771.{{Cite web |title=MOLINEUX, Crisp (1730-92), of Garboldisham, Norf. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/molineux-crisp-1730-92 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=historyofparliamentonline.org}}
On 21 May 1789, Molineux delivered a speech strongly condemning the Abolitionist movement whilst showing his support for the Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger.{{Cite web |title=Summary of Individual {{!}} Legacies of British Slavery |url=https://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645503 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk}}
By 1790, Molineux had fallen gravely ill and returned to Saint Kitts to try and restore his health, finally dying in 1792.{{Cite web |title=MOLINEUX, Crisp (1730-92), of Garboldisham, Norf. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/molineux-crisp-1730-92 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=historyofparliamentonline.org}}
After his death, Molineux left his fortune, including Garboldisham Hall and his estates in Saint Kitts, to his grandson, Crisp Molineux Montgomerie.{{Cite web |title=Summary of Individual {{!}} Legacies of British Slavery |url=https://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645503 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk}}
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| title = Member of Parliament for Castle Rising
| with = Thomas Whately (1771-1772)
| with2 = Lord Guernsey (1772-1774)
| years = 1771–1774
| before = Thomas Whately
| before2 = Jenison Shafto
| after = Alexander Wedderburn
| after2 = Robert Mackreth
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| title = Member of Parliament for King's Lynn
| with = The Hon. Thomas Walpole (1774-1784)
| with2 = The Hon. Horatio Walpole (1784-1790)
| years = 1774–1790
| before = The Hon. Thomas Walpole
| before2 = Sir John Turner
| after = The Hon. Horatio Walpole
| after2 = Sir Martin ffolkes
}}
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Category:People from Garboldisham
Category:People educated at Newcome's School
Category:Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
Category:British MPs 1768–1774
Category:British MPs 1774–1780
Category:British MPs 1780–1784