William Manning (British politician)

William Manning (1 December 1763 – 17 April 1835) was a British merchant, politician, and Governor of the Bank of England between 1812 and 1814. He also served as its Deputy Governor.

He served as Member of Parliament for Evesham, Lymington and Penryn. He also worked as a merchant in the West Indies, and invested in the Australian Agricultural Company, and becoming its Deputy Governor. The Manning River in New South Wales, Australia was named after him.

He lived at Copped Hall in Totteridge, and his wife, Mary, re-designed the grounds, probably with the advice of Humphry Repton, damming the Folly Brook to create the ornamental Darland's Lake. His son, Henry Manning, who was born at Copped Hall, was ordained as an Anglican clergyman became a leader of the Oxford Movement. He then converted to Catholicism and became Archbishop of Westminster in 1865.

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