James Leslie Wanklyn
| John Stroyan | |
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| Born |
14 April 1860 Holdenhurst, Hampshire |
| Died |
16 September 1919 (aged 59) Lanrick Castle, Doune |
| Education | Northampton |
| Occupation | Politician |
James Leslie Wanklyn (14 April 1860 – 6 July 1919) was a Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for Bradford Central, elected at the 1895 general election[1] and again at the following general election in 1900[1] He did not stand at the 1906 election.
Biography
Wanklyn was born in 1860 in Holdenhurst, Hampshire,[2] to James Hibbert Wanklyn and Elizabeth Wanklyn (neé Leslie).[3]
Wanklyn had numerous sporting interests. He was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club, for whom he played one match in 1885,[2] and an early leading member, from its inception in 1894, of the Ranelagh Club, noted as a polo and golf centre.[4]
He died on 6 July 1919[5] in Northampton.[2]
Family
In August 1898, he married Laura Mary Stapylton (her first husband, Huntly Bacon, died in June 1897).[6]
References
- 1 2 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901 - 1 2 3 James Wanklyn at espncricinfo.com
- ↑ james Wanklyn at myheritage.com
- ↑ T. F. Dale, The Classic Guide to Polo first published 1905; later published by Amberley Publishing, 2015, ISBN 9781445648668
- ↑ "Re JAMES LESLIE WANKLYN, Deceased.". The London Gazette, 16 September 1919
- ↑ The Marquis of Ruvigny and Ranieval. The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Mortimer-Percy Volume. p. 99.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Rt Hon. George John Shaw-Lefevre |
Member of Parliament for Bradford Central 1895 – 1906 |
Succeeded by Sir George Scott Robertson |