Henry Brydges
United KingdomclergymanMale4.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Henry Brydges was a Church of England clergyman who became a canon at St Paul’s Cathedral and was implicated in financing the Royal African Company, which played a major role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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Among them was Henry Brydges, later a canon at St Paul’s Cathedral, who bought half of his £10,000 shareholding on the day he became the Archdeacon of Rochester.
Fresh evidence of C of E’s role in enslavement uncovered as church wrestles with reparations debate | AnglicanismThe Guardian·United Kingdom· 2026-09-16
United Kingdom· 2026-09-16
