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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
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Available from Boydell and Brewer
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.