Joseph Banks (Grimsby MP)
Joseph Banks (6 September 1665 – 27 September 1727), of Revesby Abbey, Lincolnshire, was an English politician.[1]
He was the second son of Robert Banks of Beck Hall, Giggleswick, Yorkshire. He was articled to a solicitor and then moved to live in Scofton, Nottinghamshire, where he was steward of the manors for Lady Mary Howard of Worksop. [2] In 1711 he bought Revesby Abbey from Henry Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk.
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Great Grimsby from 1715 to 1722 and for Totnes from 1722 to 1727.
He married, in 1689, Mary, the daughter of Rev. Rowland Hancock, of Shircliffe Hall, near Sheffield. They had 1 son, Joseph Banks, MP and 1 daughter, who married Sir Francis Whichcote, 3rd Bt.
References
- ^ "BANKS, Joseph (1665-1727), of Revesby Abbey, Lincs". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "The Banks Family". JSTOR. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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