William Banks (died 1676)

Banks was the only surviving son of William Banks of Winstanley, by his second wife Sarah Jones, daughter of Walter Jones of Chastleton, Oxfordshire.

In 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Newton and was Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire from around August 1660 to 1662, and from 1663 to his death.

He was a freeman of Liverpool by 1670 and a Vice-Admiral of Lancashire and Cheshire from 1673 to his death.

[1] Banks died on 6 July 1676 aged 46,[2] during the long parliamentary recess, and was buried at Chastleton.

[1] His eldest son William Banks (died 1690) was MP for Wigan.