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Banks was the only surviving son of William Banks of Winstanley, by his second wife Sarah Jones, daughter of Walter Jones of Chastleton, Oxfordshire. He succeeded to the Winstanley estate on the death of his father in 1666.
In 1660, he was elected
/ref> Banks died aged about 40 during the long parliamentary recess and was buried at Chastleton. Banks had married Frances Legh, daughter of Peter Legh of Bruch Hall, Lancashire on 23 October 1656 and had four sons and three daughters.
Winstanley Hall
Winstanley Hall is a late 16th-century house in Winstanley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (). It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II* listed building. Originally built for the Winstanley family, th ...
, Wigan was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
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twice between 1660 and 1676.
Banks was the only surviving son of William Banks of Winstanley, by his second wife Sarah Jones, daughter of Walter Jones of Chastleton, Oxfordshire. He succeeded to the Winstanley estate on the death of his father in 1666.
In 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament
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and was Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire from around August 1660 to 1662, and from 1663 to his death. He was commissioner for assessment from August 1660 to 1674, commissioner for corporations from 1662 to 1663 and joint farmer of excise from 1665 to 1674. He was a J.P. from 1665 to 1666 and from 1670 until his death. He was a freeman of Liverpool by 1670 and a Vice-Admiral of Lancashire
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and Cheshire
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from 1673 to his death. In May 1675 he was elected MP for Liverpool
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.History of Parliament Online - William Banks/ref> Banks died aged about 40 during the long parliamentary recess and was buried at Chastleton. Banks had married Frances Legh, daughter of Peter Legh of Bruch Hall, Lancashire on 23 October 1656 and had four sons and three daughters.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Banks, William 1636 births 1676 deaths People from Wigan Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Liverpool English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679