Raikes Currie Currie, Distiller and Banker, of Gatton Park, Surrey. In the 1830s Isaac Currie was compensated ₤15,379 by the British government for 841 slaves he held in Jamaica at the time of the abolition of slavery. The Curries belonged to an old Scottish family descended directly from the Curries of Duns, Berwickshire. His mother, Mary Anne Raikes, was the daughter of William Raikes and granddaughter of Robert Raikes, another partner of the bank. Thomas Raikes, Governor of the Bank of England from 1797 to 1799 and Robert Raikes, the founder of Sunday schools, were her uncles. On 28 June 1825 Raikes
Gary Raikes Gary Raikes Gary Raikes (born 10 August 1958 in Bristol) is the leader of the New British Union (NBU), a fascist revival of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists, He was previously the leader in Scotland of the British National Party (BNP) and then Britain First. In the 2007 Scottish elections, Raikes was a BNP candiate in the North East Scotland region. Raikes was the BNP's prospective candidate for East Renfrewshire for the 2010 general election. When the BNP decided not to contest the seat, he stood in Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine instead, receiving 513 votes (1.1%). Raikes' NBU