George Bankes

(1787-1856)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bankes, George, 1788-1856 NRA: Bankes George (1788-1856) MP DNB: Bankes, George (1787-1856), politician and lawyer LBT ID: GeBanke1856 VIAF ID: 18703425 LOC ID: n86081571	B/BAP: 1787-12-01 DIED: 1856-07-08
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The son of Henry Bankes, MP, and younger brother of Byron's Cambridge friend William; he was a bankruptcy commissioner and Tory MP for Corfe Castle (1822-23, 1826-32).
REFERENCES TO George Bankes: Lord Byron to John Murray, 16 February 1821 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 8 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 20 March 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1821 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter XI 1826 Found 1: ¶ 55 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 15: Literary Gazette Found 2: ¶ 11 ¶ 12 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. VI: 1827-28