| Biography | Sir John Sutherland Harmood-Banner, 1st Baronet was an English accountant from Liverpool. 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. A Conservative, he was Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and was one of the city's Members of Parliament (MPs) for nearly 20 years.
He entered the family accountancy firm of Harmood Banner & Son, becoming a partner in 1870. In 1883 he assumed the position of deputy chairman of Pearson and Knowles, a coal and iron conglomerate based in Warrington. For 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 MP 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 1913 and created a baronet in 1924. |