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About Sir Nicholas Crispe, 1st Baronet
Sir Nicholas Crispe, 1st Baronet was an English Royalist and a wealthy merchant who pioneered the West African slave trade in the 1630s; a customs farmer ; Member of Parliament for Winchelsea Nov. 1640-1 ; member of the Council of Trade and for Foreign Plantations ; and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1664. He was knighted in 1640 or 1641 and was made a baronet in 1665. He died in February 1666 (O.S.) aged 67.
Everything about Sir Nicholas Crispe, 1st Baronet →- Occupation
- ship-owner, politician, slave trader
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the April 1640 Parliament, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament, Member of the 1640-42 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1599
- Died
- February 26, 1666