David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🤎🕊<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/MeaCulpa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeaCulpa</span></a> Full disclosure of a very dubious ancestor. Made his fortune as a 'tax collector' (sic. 'enforcer') in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tamil_nadu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tamil_nadu</span></a> (formerly <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Madras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Madras</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a>) <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sth_India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sth_India</span></a>. Returned home having 'made' his fortune working for the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/East_India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>East_India</span></a> Company. Yes, slaves, sugar, tea, coffee, spices etc. The 'family' once owned much of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/South" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>South</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Devon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Devon</span></a>, from Haldon Ridge to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Torquay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torquay</span></a> &amp; the toll road to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Plymouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plymouth</span></a> (A30). I know 'unto the 7th generation' but still a weight I carry.</p>