Meyrick Bankes

Meyrick Bankes was born on 22 November 1811 at Winstanley, Lancashire, England.2 He was the son of Meyrick Bankes and Maria Elizabeth Brooke.2 He was baptised on 25 November 1811 at Billinge, Lancashire, England.2 He married Eleanor Starkey, daughter of Richard Starkey.2 He died in 1881.2
He was a coal magnate.1
Children of Meyrick Bankes and Eleanor Starkey

1. Eleanor Starkie Letterewe Bankes+1 b. 1839
   
2. Maria Bankes3 b. c 1841
   
3. Major William Meyrick Bankes+ b. 1844, d. 1882
   
4. Kate Bankes2 b. c 1846
   
5. Thomas Bankes2 b. c 1847
   
6. Anne Bankes2 b. c 1850
   
7. Jane Cooke Starkey Bankes+2 b. 1856, d. 1882
   
8. Charlotte M. Bankes2 b. 1874
   

The Peerage

England Births and Christenings

• Name Meyrick Bankes
• Gender Male
• Christening Date 25 Nov 1811
• Christening Place BILLINGE,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND
• Birth Date 22 Nov 1811
• Father's Name Meyrick Bankes
• Mother's Name Mary Elizabeth

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Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 74

Censuses:

• 1841 in Scotland?
• 1851
• 1881 or this?
• 1881?

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Death registration

The last William Bankes dying in 1689, the manors passed to his brother Thomas's son and grandson. Thomas had also a daughter Anne, who married Hugh Holme of Upholland in 1732, and their descendants, assuming the name of Bankes, ultimately acquired possession, retaining it until the death of Meyrick Bankes in 1881. His daughter, Mrs. Murray, was left a life interest in the estate, and it was entailed in tail male on her sons. She resumed her maiden name and died December 1907, when her only surviving son George Bankes came into the property.

Winstanley, British History Online