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John Winstanley, 1776-1859

Nationality: English
Date of Birth: 1776
Place of Birth: Walton-le-Dale
Date of Death: 1859
Place of Death: Preston, Lancashire

Identity:

He married AMW's half-sister Eliza Isabella McNeill.

Life:

He was first listed practising on his own as an attorney at 93 Fishergate, Preston, in 1818. Later he formed the practice of Winstanley and Charnley at 2 Fox Street, Preston, where he still was in the 1855.

Bibliography:

P. Mannex, History, and Directory of Mid-Lancashire, Preston, 1855; Robin Spencer, 'Whistler's Early Relations with Britain and the Significance of Industry and Commerce for his Art,' The Burlington Magazine, London, April 1994, CXXXVI, pp. 212-24.