English merchant in Funchal who built the Pilar de Banger, a tall column on the seafront completed in 1798 and demolished in 1939 despite protests from the local press. In 1801 he received a council privilege to use a grain-purifying kiln.
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The municipal council granted John Light Banger a privilege to use a kiln for purifying grain.
