List of Famous people with last name Bankes
John Wynne Bankes
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William John Bankes
First Name William
Last Name Bankes
Born on December 11, 1786
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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Mary Bankes
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Eleanor Sarah Bankes
First Name Eleanor
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Walter Ralph Bankes
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Joanna Bankes
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Viola Geraldine A. Bankes
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Edmund George Bankes
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John Bankes
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Ralph M. Bankes
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