Richard Drax is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 29, 1958 in Westminster, England, United Kingdom. Drax graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned in British Army as a second lieutenant, joining the Coldstream Guards on December 9, 1978. He was also given the Personal Number 506831. Drax was promoted lieutenant in December 1980. He was then transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers on 9/12/83, which ended his first period of military service.
He relinquished his British Army commission on 9 September 1987, thereby retiring after nine years’ service as a Coldstreamer.
Drax worked at York’s Evening Press as a reporter in 1991, before joining BBC South where he appeared on both radio and television media, including the daily television news programme South Today.
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (born 29 January 1958), known as Richard Drax, is a British Conservative politician, journalist, landowner and former British Army officer, serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dorset since 2010.
Drax was born in Westminster on 29th January 1958. After attending Harrow School, he went to the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester. He graduated in 1990 with a diploma for rural land management. In 1995, he received a diploma for journalism.
Drax was reinstated on the Active List on 10 September 1984, beginning his second and final period of regular service. He retained the rank of lieutenant with seniority from 10 September 1981 to reflect the three years he had served. He was promoted captain on 10 March 1986.
