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 Lanrick Castle, Doune | (aged 59)
Political party | Liberal Unionist |
Education | Northampton |
Occupation | Politician |
Biography
Wanklyn 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
In August 1898, he married Laura Mary Stapylton (her first husband, Huntly Bacon, died in June 1897).[6]
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