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.
James Wanklyn | |
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| Member of the UK Parliament | |
| In office 1897–1906 | |
| Preceded by | George Shaw Lefevre |
| Succeeded by | George Scott Robertson |
| Constituency | Bradford Central |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Leslie Wanklyn 14 April 1860 Holdenhurst, Hampshire |
| Died | 6 July 1919 (aged 59) Lanrick Castle, Doune |
| Political party | Liberal Unionist |
| Education | Northampton |
| Occupation | Politician |
Biography
editWanklyn was born in 1860 in Holdenhurst, Hampshire,[2] to James Hibbert Wanklyn and Elizabeth Wanklyn (née Leslie).[3]
Wanklyn had numerous sporting interests. He was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club, for whom he played one first-class 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]
Family
editIn August 1898, he married Laura Mary Stapylton (her first husband, Huntly Bacon, died in June 1897).[6]
References
edit- ^ a b British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
- The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901 - ^ a b c 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 (May 2013). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Mortimer-Percy Volume. p. 99. ISBN 9780788418723.