Family and Education
b. 11 Dec. 1786, Gent. Mag. (1786), ii. 1090. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Henry Bankes* and Frances, da. of William Woodley, gov. Leeward Islands; bro. of George Bankes*. educ. Westminster 1795-1801; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1803. unm. suc. gt.-uncle Sir William Wynne to Soughton 1815; fa. 1834. d. 15 Apr. 1855.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Merion. 1829 – 30.
Main residence: Soughton Hall, Northop, Flints.
Notes
See A.M. Sebba, The Exiled Collector: William Bankes and the Making of an English Country House (2004).
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
BANKES, William John (1786-1855)
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