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

A prominent Bristol merchant, trading to Virginia and Maryland,CSP Col. 1702-3, pp. 57, 95. 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.Cal. Treas. Pprs. 1714-19, p. 496. 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,J. Latimer, Annals of Bristol in 18th Cent. 130-1; Pol. State xxviii. 315; PCC 205 Bolton. one of whom married the 1st Lord Barrington.