George
Bankes
Born in Dorset, England
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Bankes MP
and Frances (Woodley) Bankes
Brother of
William John Bankes MP
Husband of
Georgina Charlotte (Nugent) Manningham-Buller
— married
8 Jun 1822 in St Marylebone, Westminster, London, England
Descendants 
Father of
Georgina Charlotte Frances (Bankes) Floyer, Maria Margaret Bankes, Edmund George Bankes, Henry Hyde Nugent Bankes, Adelaide (Bankes) Digby and Wynne Albert Bankes
Died
at about age 68
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Oct 2019
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Biography
George Bankes is Notable.
George was born in 1788, the third son of Henry Bankes, Esq., of Kingston Hall, Dorset.
He studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, matriculating Lent, 1806. George received his LL.B. in 1812; (Civil Law Classes, 1st Class, 1815-16), was a Fellow, 1814-22, and admitted at Lincoln's Inn, May 22, 1810. He was called to the bar in 1813 and then incorporated at the Inner Temple, Feb. 20, 1815.
He spent his life in public office, serving in a number of different positions, including:
- A Commissioner of Bankruptcy, 1822.
- Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer, 1824-56.
- Chief Secretary of the Board of Control, 1829.
- Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1830.
- Judge Advocate-General, 1852.
- P.C., 1852.
- M.P. for Corfe Castle, 1816-23 and 1826-32; for Dorset, 1841-56.
- Recorder of Weymouth, 1823.
- Chairman of the Dorset Quarter Sessions, c. 1836-56.
- Mayor of Corfe Castle, 1838, 1840 and 1847.
George even authored a book, "The Story of Corfe Castle and Brave Dame Mary."
He passed away in 1856 and was buried at Studland, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset.
Sources
- "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG6T-6RF : 9 November 2019), Adelaide Bankes in household of George Bankes, Saint Margarets, Middlesex, England; citing Saint Margarets, Middlesex, England, p. 6, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/bankes-george-1787-1856 Profile for BANKES, George (1787-1856), of 11 Paper Buildings, Lincoln's Inn and 16 George Street, Hanover Square, Mdx. and Studland, Dorset
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832, ed. D.R. Fisher, 2009.]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
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