Baynes, William

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William Baynes of Embsaykirk proposed 23.4.1784 by Jeremiah Batley 2nded Samuel Romilly. Embsaykirk (now generally Embsay) is near Skipton Yorks. See John Baynes DNB 1758-1757, William was probably his father. He died 1811 (Gents Mag 1811 vol2 p 663). A fine portrait of him c.1755 is on the BBC Your Paintings website. He subscribed 1787 to the Works of John Jebb

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Sun, 08/10/2017 - 10:36

The Baynes family lived at Embsay Kirk, a house built on the site of an Augustinian Priory, from 1695. William Baynes (1731-1811), an 'Attorney at Law', had the present house built in c.1780. Embsay Kirk is in the village of Embsay, near Skipton, Yorks. John Baynes (1758-1787), of Gray's Inn, was his son.