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Benjamin Haskins-Stiles (c.1684 - 4 April 1739), of Bowden Park , near Chippenham , Wiltshire and Moor Park , Hertfordshire , was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1734.

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5-516: Haskins-Styles was the eldest son of Joseph Haskins Stiles, a sometime Amsterdam merchant and his wife Sarah Eyles, eldest daughter of Sir John Eyles , MP. After inheriting both his father's and younger brother Joseph's fortunes (1714 and 1719 respectively) he acquired several estates in Wiltshire, including Bowden Park, near Devizes and Calne manor and Moor Park, Hertfordshire , where he commissioned Giacomo Leoni and Sir James Thornhill to remodel

10-410: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John Eyles (Devizes MP) John Eyles (died 1703), of Great St. Helens , London and Southbroom , near Devizes , Wiltshire , was an English politician. He was the son of John Eyles, a woolstapler of Devizes and the older brother of Sir Francis Eyles, 1st Baronet (died 1716), with whom he went into business as "Eyles & Co". He

15-413: The house as a Palladian mansion. Haskins-Stiles was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes at a by-election on 8 February 1721, replacing his uncle Francis Eyles , who had been expelled from Parliament as a director of the failed South Sea Company . At the 1722 general election he was returned for Devizes and Calne and chose to sit for Devizes as a petition was outstanding at Calne. He

20-645: Was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Devizes in October 1679, and briefly Lord Mayor of London for September–October 1688. He was knighted on 15 August 1687. He died in 1703 and was buried at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate on 5 July. He had married Sarah Cowper of London and had 2 sons and 5 daughters. His daughter, Sarah Eyles, married Joseph Haskin Stiles and their daughter, Mary Haskin Styles,

25-510: Was returned unopposed again for Devizes in 1727 , but did not stand at the 1734 general election . Haskins-Stiles married twice, but left no surviving children. He died on 4 April 1739. He and his wife were laid to rest somewhere outside the Orangery. Moor Park was sold to Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson in 1754. This article about a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (1707–1800) representing an English constituency

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