Family and Education
b. ?1730, 2nd s. of John Devaynes, peruke maker, of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx. by Mary, da. of William Barker, City remembrancer. m. (1) Jane Wintle, 1s. 1da.; (2) 3 Feb. 1806, Mary, da. of William Wileman, s.p. suc. bro. John 1801.
Offices Held
Liverpool commr. Africa Co. 1770 – 78; dir. E.I. Co. 1770 – 1805, dep. chairman 1777 – 78, 1779 – 80, Nov. 1783–4, Dec. 1788–9, 1790 – 91, chairman 1780 – 81, 1785 – 86, 1789 – 90, 1793 – 95; dir. French hosp. 1770 – d., London Dock Co. c. 1802 – d., Globe Insurance Co. c. 1804 – d.
Main residences: Pall Mall; Dover Street, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
DEVAYNES, William (?1730-1809)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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