Sir Richard Hoare
United KingdompoliticianMale6.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Sir Richard Hoare was a Tory MP for London and a founding figure in the banking industry who also served as a director of the South Sea Company, which engaged in the transatlantic slave trade.
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Several Tory and Whig MPs became directors of the South Sea Company, including Sir Richard Hoare, the Tory MP for London and a lord mayor.
How enslavement became state-backed operation supported by Conservative and Lib Dem forerunners | SlaveryThe Guardian·United Kingdom· 2026-09-15
United Kingdom· 2026-09-15
