William John Bankes

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Politician and explorer

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... Wikipedia

Born: December 11, 1786, United Kingdom

Died: April 15, 1855 (age 68 years), Venice, Italy

Parents: Henry Bankes and Frances Woodley

Great-grandparents: Ralph Payne, Alice Carlisle, unknown daughter Browne, and more

Books: Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati, Native of Ferrara, Who, Under the Assumed Name of Mahomet, Made the Campaigns Against the Wahabees for the Recovery of Mecca and Medina, and Since After Acted as Interpreter to European Travellers in Some of the Parts Least Visited of Asia and Africa: Two Volumes

Grandparents: William Woodley, Henry Bankes, Margaret Bankes, and more

Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society