DAINES, Sir William (c.1656-1724), of Bristol, Glos.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Constituency

Dates

1701 - 1710
1715 - 1722

Family and Education

b. c.1656. m. Elizabeth, 2da.1 Kntd. 28 Nov. 1694.

Offices Held

Warden, society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol 1692-3, master 1698-1700; sheriff, Bristol 1694-5, mayor 1700-1.2

Biography

A prominent Bristol merchant, trading to Virginia and Maryland,3 Daines was re-elected for Bristol as a Whig after a contest in 1715, voting with the Administration. In April 1719 he claimed that it had cost him above £10,000 to represent Bristol.4 Retiring in 1722 owing to failing health, he died 5 Sept. 1724 at Bath, aged 68, leaving £10,000 to the children of his two daughters,5 one of whom married the 1st Lord Barrington.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Shirley Matthews

Notes

  • 1. PCC 205 Bolton.
  • 2. A. Beaven, Bristol Lists, 285; Trade of Bristol in 18th Cent. (Bristol Rec. Soc. xx) 144 n.4.
  • 3. CSP Col. 1702-3, pp. 57, 95.
  • 4. Cal. Treas. Pprs. 1714-19, p. 496.
  • 5. J. Latimer, Annals of Bristol in 18th Cent. 130-1; Pol. State xxviii. 315; PCC 205 Bolton.