Education
He was educated at Radley College.
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John Sutherland
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His interests spread across Lancashire and Cheshire, and extended to the British colonies and South America. He was also prominent in the civic affairs of Liverpool, where he was a long-serving City Councillor. Harmood-Banner was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, the second son of accountant Harmood Walter Banner from Bebington in Cheshire.
He entered the family accountancy firm of Harmood Banner & Son in Liverpool and became a partner in 1870.
He also became deputy chairman of Pearson and Knowles, a coal and iron conglomerate based in Warrington in 1883. Foreign the next 20 years he specialised in accounting work acting as a financial advisor and auditor of a number of major companies.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool Everton in a by-election in 1905, sitting until 1924. He was a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for Cheshire and was appointed High Sheriff of Cheshire for 1902.
He also served as Lord Mayor of the City of Liverpool for 1912, was knighted in July 1913 and created a baronet in 1924.
In later life he served on the boards of a number of companies and on several government committees. He retired in 1925 and died on 24 February 1927 at his home, Ingmire Hall, in Sedbergh, Yorkshire. He was buried in Toxteth Park Cemetery in Liverpool.
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27th United Kingdom Parliament. 28th United Kingdom Parliament. 29th United Kingdom Parliament.
30th United Kingdom Parliament.
31st United Kingdom Parliament. 32nd United Kingdom Parliament.
33rd United Kingdom Parliament]
A Conservative, he was Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and was one of the city"s Members of Parliament (MPs) for nearly 20 years.
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Political Party
Conservative Party