DAINES, Sir William (1647-1724), of St. Leonard’s, Bristol

Family and Education

b. 1647, s. of William Daines of Norfolk county, Virginia by Phillis, da. of Thomas Bembrigg of St. Giles Cripplegate, London. m. c.1662, Elizabeth (d. 1726), da. of Captain James Harris of Norfolk county, Virginia, 1s. (d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. 1687; Kntd. 28 Nov. 1694. Inhabitants of Bristol 1696 (Bristol Rec. Soc. xxv), 99; IGI, London, and USA; A. Beaven, Bristol Lists, 285; PCC 205 Bolton; Boyer, Pol. State, xxxi. 228.

Offices Held

Member, Merchant Venturers’ Soc. of Bristol 1690, warden 1692–3, master 1698–1700; common councilman, Bristol 1691–1702, sheriff 1694–5, mayor 1700–1, alderman 1702–d.; asst. Bristol corporation of the poor 1696–8, gov. 1705–6. Soc. of Merchant Venturers in 17th Cent. (Bristol Rec. Soc. xvii), 33; Beaven, 116, 125, 187, 209, 225, 285; Bristol Corporation of the Poor 1696–1834 (Bristol Rec. Soc. iii), 46.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: St. Leonard’s, Bristol.

Author

A.A.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

DAINES, Sir William (1647-1724)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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