Adam Baynes
Adam Baynes (bapt. 1622; died 1671) was a parliamentary army officer and MP for Leeds during the Commonwealth, and as such the first MP for the city. He was later also MP for Appleby. He is described as "an army agent of some influence at Whitehall".[1]
His family had lived at Knostrop Hall, east of Leeds, since at least the mid sixteenth century.
Captain Baynes purchased Holdenby House. He demolished the massive house, which had been bought by James I, almost entirely, except for a small domestic wing.
References
- ↑ The Story of English Towns - Leeds J. S. Fletcher, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1919
Further reading
- Hirst, Derek, 'The fracturing of the Cromwellian alliance : Leeds and Adam Baynes'. English Historical Review 108 (1993), 868-94
- Scott, David, ‘Baynes, Adam (bap. 1622, d. 1671)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 13 Jan 2009
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, May 29, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.