List of Famous people born in Wimborne Minster, United Kingdom

William John Bankes

First Name William

Last Name Bankes

Born on December 11, 1786

Died on April 15, 1855 (aged 68)

Born in United Kingdom, England, Wimborne Minster

William John Bankes was an English politician, explorer, Egyptologist and adventurer. The second, but first surviving, son of Henry Bankes MP, 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 good friend of Lord Byron, Samuel Rogers and Sir Charles Barry. He also served as Tory Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro in 1810, for Cambridge University from 1822 to 1826, for Marlborough from 1829 to 1832 and finally for Dorset from 1832 to 1835.

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