Sir Robert Cann, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Cann, 1st Baronet (c. 1621–1685), of Small Street, Bristol and Stoke Bishop, Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire, was an English politician and slave trader.[1] He was Mayor of Bristol in 1662, a member of the Society of Merchant Venturers, and enlarged Trinity Theological College at Stoke Bishop.[2] Cann campaigned for a law against kidnapping of white children for plantation work, but was himself fined in 1685 for taking criminals from Bristol to work on Bristol-owned Caribbean plantations.[1]

Sir Robert Cann, 1st Baronet
Born
Robert Cann

c. 1621
Died1685
CitizenshipEnglish
OccupationMember of Parliament
Years active11 February 1678, March 1679, and October 1679 – 28 October 1680
Known forMember (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bristol

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bristol on 11 February 1678, March 1679, and October 1679 – 28 October 1680.[3]

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