Constituency Dates
Kingston-upon-Hull 1701 (Feb.) – 28 Oct. 1716
Family and Education
b. aft. 1660, 1st s. of Henry Maister, alderman, chamberlain and mayor of Hull, dep. gov. of E.I. and Hamburg companies, by Anne, da. of William Raikes, alderman and chamberlain of Hull and warden of Trinity House.1Paver’s Marriage Licences (Yorks. Arch. Soc xliii), ii. 2; J. Foster, Ped. of Raikes. m. aft. Feb. 1696, Lucy, da. of Alderman John Rogers of Hull, sis. of Nathaniel Rogers and wid. of George Dickinson, collector of customs, Hull, 4s. 1da.2Cal. Treas. Bks. x. 253, 1300; Poulson, Holderness, ii. 445. suc. fa. 1699.
Offices Held

Sheriff, Hull, 1699.

Address
Main residence: Hull, Yorks.
biography text

William Maister belonged to a leading merchant family of Hull, which he represented as a Whig in eight successive Parliaments till his death, 28 Oct. 1716.

Author
R.R.S.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. Paver’s Marriage Licences (Yorks. Arch. Soc xliii), ii. 2; J. Foster, Ped. of Raikes.
  • 2. Cal. Treas. Bks. x. 253, 1300; Poulson, Holderness, ii. 445.