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| Bankes, Henry. Adm. Fell.-Com. at TRINITY HALL, Dec. 22, 1773. 2nd s. of Henry, counsellor-at-law, of London, and of Kingston Lacy, Dorset. B. 1757. School, Westminster. Matric. Lent, 1777; Chancellor's Classical medal, 1778; B.A. (14th Wrangler) 1778; M.A. 1781. M.P. for Corfe Castle, 1780-1826; for Dorset, 1826-31. A Trustee of the British Museum. A close friend of Pitt and William Wilberforce. Married Frances, dau. of William Woodley, Esq., Governor of the Leeward Islands, 1784. Author, The Civil and Constitutional History of Rome. Died Dec. 17, 1834, at Tregothnan, Cornwall. Buried in Wimborne Minster. Father of the next, George (1805), William J. (1803) and Edward (1812). (Hutchins, III. 240; D.N.B.) | Henry BANKES Approx. lifespan: 1757–1834 Tripos: Tr.H. Math. 1778 Fell.-Com. Trinity Hall adm1773:12:22 2nd s. of Henry BANKES Counsellor-at-Law of London , of Kingston Lacy, Dorset , b. 1757 Sch: Westminster Matric 1777:01LT: Chancellor's Classical Medal 1778 BA 14 th Wrangler 1778 MA 1781 M.P. for: : Corfe Castle, [Dorset], 1780-1826 M.P. for: : Dorset , 1826-31 Trustee of: : British Museum A close friend of William PITT and William WILBERFORCE m. Frances WOODLEY dau. of William WOODLEY, Esq. Governor of: Leeward Islands , 1784 Publ.: The Civil and Constitutional History of Rome d. Tregothnan, Cornwall , 1834:12:17 bur. Wimborne Minster, [Dorset], father of Henry BANKES (1802) father of George BANKES (1805) father of William John BANKES (1803) father of Edward BANKES (1812) ( Hutchins, III. 240; D.N.B .) |