William John Bankes [SEP] date of death
William John Bankes
William John Bankes (11 December 1786 – 15 April 1855), the second, but first surviving, son of Henry Bankes MP, was a notable explorer, Egyptologist and adventurer. He was a member of the Bankes family of Dorset and he had Sir Charles Barry recase Kingston Lacy in stone as it is today. He travelled extensively to the Near East and Egypt and made an extensive individual collection of Egyptian artefacts. His work on Egypt although not acknowledged until recently is vastly important. He was a
George Bankes
George Bankes (1788–1856) was the last of the Cursitor Barons of the Exchequer, the office being abolished on his death in 1856.
Early life.
Bankes was the third son of Henry Bankes, MP of Kingston Hall, Dorsetshire, who represented Corfe Castle for nearly fifty years, and of Frances, daughter of William Woodley, governor of the Leeward Islands. Bankes was a lineal descendant of Sir John Bankes, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in the reign of Charles I. He was educated at