John Eyles (died 1703), of Great St. Helens,

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Devizes Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war between ...

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, was an English politician. He was the son of John Eyles, a woolstapler of Devizes and the older brother of

Sir Francis Eyles, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Eyles, 1st Baronet (died 24 May 1716) was an English merchant who was Governor of the Bank of England and a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Biography He was the son of John Eyles, a Wiltshire wool-stapler, and the young ...

(died 1716), with whom he went into business as "Eyles & Co". He was a

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in October 1679, and briefly

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for September–October 1688. He was knighted on 15 August 1687. He died in 1703 and was buried at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate on 5 July. He had married Sarah Cowper of London and had 2 sons and 5 daughters. His daughter, Sarah Eyles, married Joseph Haskin Stiles and their daughter, Mary Haskin Styles, was married to

Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet (1683 – 11 March 1745) of Gidea Hall in Essex, was a British financier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1734. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1726. He served as a Director of the East India C ...

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People from Devizes 17th-century births 1703 deaths Year of birth unknown English MPs 1679 17th-century lord mayors of London {{17thC-England-MP-stub