20 April 2023
From Slave Trade to Parliament
7:30 pm - 10:30 pmSPEAKER: Nick Baxter, MA (Public History, University of Warwick): lecturer, tour guide, and author.
TOPIC: How James Townsend, of Black African Heritage, became MP for West Looe, controversial Lord Mayor of London, and MP for Calne. Townsend led a remarkable life, had significant Wiltshire connections, and even contributed to the ending of the American War of Independence.