– 15 October 1808), born John Baynes, was an English attorney and man of business for James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale.
[1] He acted as the attorney for Robert Mackreth, and was involved in his transactions with James Fox-Lane, which terminated in a lawsuit won by the latter.
At the height of his influence, he returned nine members to Parliament, "Lord Lonsdale's ninepins", whom he expected to vote and act completely in obedience to his directions.
[2] Lowther obtained the appointment of Baynes Garforth as clerk of the peace for Cumberland in 1768, although the routine work of this office was delegated to the Carlisle attorney Joseph Hodgson.
Baynes Garforth sued Fearon to collect the revenues he felt were due him, resulting in a ruling by the Court of Common Pleas that the holding of offices in trust was illegal.