Bang, Christian Lucien, 1917-2001
Bang, Christian Lucien, son of Carl Christian Bang and Berthe Augustine, d. of Augustin Joseph Flochel of Paris; b. 15 Apr. 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (A); left July 1936; RA 1940-5 (Capt.); wounded (Western Desert) 1942; a co. director; m. 14 June 1946 Agnes Elizabeth Lanyon, d. of Maj. Thomas William Lanyon Penno, West Yorks Regt, of Weymouth; d. 16 July 2001.
Bang, Maurice Carl, brother of Christian Lucien Bang (qv); b. 12 Feb. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (A); left July 1939; RAF in WW2; d. 1989.
Bangay, Geoffrey Richard Dorrington, 1909-1932
Bangay, Geoffrey Richard Dorrington, son of Raymond Dorrington Bangay of Brentwood, Essex; b. 11 Feb. 1909; adm. Jan. 1925 (G); left Mar. 1926; d. 13 Nov. 1932.
BANISTER, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 8) Oct 1721; in under school list 1722; left 1722.
BANKES, CHARLES, son of Rev. Charles Bankes, London, and Ann (Paling ? (IGI)); bapt. St. Christopher le Stocks, London 2 Aug 1687 (surname given as Banks); adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1707, matr. 2 Jul 1707, aged 19, Westminster Student from 23 Dec 1707; BA 1711; MA 1715; buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 29 Apr 1718.
BANKES, EDWARD, fourth son of Henry Bankes (qv); b.; adm. 1804 (third quarter); left 1811; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Feb 1812, scholar, matr. Mich. 1812; LLB 1818; ordained deacon 1818, priest (London) 30 Aug 1818; Rector of Corfe Castle, Dorset, 5 Oct 1820-54; Vicar of East Farleigh, Kent, 19 Mar 1823-32; Prebendary of Norwich Oct 1820 - Mar 1832; Prebendary of Gloucester from 18 Aug 1821; Prebendary of Bristol from 23 May 1832; Official of Wimborne Minster, Dorset 1842; Chaplain in Ordinary to George IV, William IV and Victoria, appointed 1820; of Soughton Hall, Flints.; DL JP Flintshire; m. 1st, 6 Apr 1820 Lady Frances Jane Scott, dau. of John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon PC, Lord Chancellor; m. 2nd, 3 Sep 1839 Marian, third dau. of Hon. Edward Rice (qv); d. 24 May 1867, aged 71.
BANKES, GEORGE, third son of Henry Bankes (qv); b. 1 Dec 1787; in school lists 1795,1797,1801,1803; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1805, scholar, matr. Lent 1806; LLB 1812; Fellow of Trin. Hall 19 Feb 1814 -22; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 May 1810, called to bar 2 Jul 1813; Inner Temple 1815; Commissioner of Appeals of Excise 6 May 1815 – Feb 1816; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1822 (occurs in annual lists 1823-8); MP Corfe Castle 13 Feb 1816 - Mar 1823, 23 Feb 1826-32, Dorset from 1841; Recorder of Weymouth from 1823; Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer from 16 Jul 1824; Secretary, Board of Control 1828 - Feb 1830; member, Board of Control Feb - Nov 1830; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury Apr - Nov 1830; Judge Advocate-General 28 Feb - Dec 1852; Privy Councillor 27 Feb 1852; chairman, Dorset Quarter Sessions; a Conservative politician; author, The Story of Corfe Castle, 1853; m. 8 Jun 1822 Georgina Charlotte, only child of Adm. of the Fleet Sir Charles Edmund Nugent GCH MP; d. 6 Jul 1856. DNB.
BANKES, HENRY, only surviving son of Henry Bankes KC MP, Kingston Lacy, Dorset, a Commissioner of Customs, barrister, and his second wife Margaret, dau. of Right Rev. John Wynne DD, Bishop of Bath and Wells; b. 19 Dec 1756; adm. 27 Apr 1767; left Dec 1773; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 22 Dec 1773, matr. Lent 1777; BA and 14th Wrangler 1778; first Chancellor’s Classical Medal 1778; MA 1781; Grand Tour (Italy) 1778-80; MP Corfe Castle 1780 - Jan 1826, Dorset 16 Feb 1826 - 1831; a prominent backbench member of the House of Commons; a Trustee of the British Museum; author, The Civil and Constitutional History of Rome, 1818; m. 18 Aug 1784 Frances, dau. of William Woodley MP, Lieut. -Gov. Leeward Islands; d. 17 Dec 1834. DNB.
BANKES, HENRY, eldest son of Henry Bankes (qv); b.; adm. 12 Apr 1794; in school lists 1795, 1797, 1801; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 22 Jun 1802, matr. Mich. 1805; BA 1806; Ensign, 35th Foot 12 Jun 1806; drowned while on passage to Malta in wreck of HMS Athenienne, on the Esquerries Rocks, near Tunis, 20 Oct 1806.
Bankes, William George Hawtrey, 1838-1858
BANKES, WILLIAM GEORGE HAWTREY, fifth son of George Bankes (qv); b. 11 Sep 1838; adm. (G) 3 Apr 1850; a great friend of Francis Markham (qv), who mentions him frequently in Recollections of a Town Boy at Westminster; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. 7 Mar 1856, did not matr.; Cornet, 7th Hussars 3 Mar 1857; d. at Lucknow 6 Apr 1858, from wounds received at Raptee 19 Mar; received posthumous award of Victoria Cross.