William John Bankes

(1786-1855)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bankes, William John, d. 1855 NRA: Bankes William John (1786-1855) MP traveller DNB: Bankes, William John (1786-1855), traveller and antiquary LBT ID: WiBanke1855 VIAF ID: 67333654 LOC ID: nr2003013422	B/BAP: 1786-12-11 DIED: 1855-04-15
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Byron's Cambridge friend; the son of Henry Bankes, MP, he was MP for Truro, Cambridge, Marlborough, and Dorset, and an Egyptian traveller who translated Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati 2 vols (1830).
CORRESPONDENCE OF William John Bankes: Lord Byron to William Bankes, [March 1807] in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to William Bankes, 6 March 1807 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to William Bankes, [March?] 1809 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to William Bankes, [April 1812?] in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to William Bankes, 20 April 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to William Bankes, 28 September 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to William Bankes, 26 December 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to William Bankes, 20 November 1819 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to William Bankes, 19 February 1820 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to William Bankes, 26 February 1820 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)