William Manning (British politician)

For other people named William Manning, see William Manning (disambiguation).

William Manning (1 December 1763 – 17 April 1835) was a British merchant, politician, and Governor of the Bank of England between 1812 and 1814. He also served as its Deputy Governor.

He served as Member of Parliament for Evesham, Lymington and Penryn. He also worked as a merchant in the West Indies, and invested in the Australian Agricultural Company, and becoming its Deputy Governor. The Manning River in New South Wales, Australia was named after him.

He lived at Copped Hall in Totteridge, and his wife, Mary, re-designed the grounds, probably with the advice of Humphry Repton, damming the Folly Brook to create the ornamental Darland's Lake. His son, Henry Manning, who was born at Copped Hall, was ordained as an Anglican clergyman became a leader of the Oxford Movement. He then converted to Catholicism and became Archbishop of Westminster in 1865.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Manning

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by The Earl of Carhampton Philip Metcalfe	Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle 1794–1796 With: Philip Metcalfe	Succeeded by William Adams William Mitchell
Preceded by Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt Nathaniel Brassey Halhed	Member of Parliament for Lymington 1796–1801 With: Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt	Parliament of Great Britain abolished
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New creation Parliament of the United Kingdom created	Member of Parliament for Lymington 1801–1806 With: Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt to 1802 Harry Burrard 1802 John Kingston 1802–1806	Succeeded by John Kingston Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt
Preceded by Patrick Craufurd Bruce Charles Thellusson	Member of Parliament for Evesham 1806–1818 With: Humphrey Howorth 1806–1807, 1808–1818 Sir Manasseh Lopes, Bt 1807–1808	Succeeded by William Rouse-Boughton Humphrey Howorth
Preceded by Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt John Taylor	Member of Parliament for Lymington 1818 – 1820 With: Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt	Succeeded by Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt George Finch
Preceded by Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt George Finch	Member of Parliament for Lymington 1821 – 1826 With: Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt to 1823 Walter Boyd from 1823	Succeeded by Walter Boyd Guy Lenox Prendergast
Preceded by Pascoe Grenfell Robert Stanton	Member of Parliament for Penryn 1826–1830 With: David Barclay	Succeeded by Sir Charles Lemon James William Freshfield
Government offices
Preceded by John Pearse	Governor of the Bank of England 1812 - 1814	Succeeded by William Mellish