// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Joseph Hankey? A key figure, apparently.
Joseph Hankey | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Wareham | |
| In office 1 March 1799 – 1802 | |
| Preceded by | Lord Robert Spencer |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Strahan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1754 |
| Died | 7 April 1803 (aged 48–49) |
Joseph Chaplin Hankey II (1754 – 7 April 1803) was an English banker who was Member of Parliament for Wareham.[1]
Biography
[edit]
Joseph Hankey was born into a Fenchurch Street family of bankers.[2] His father made money in the slave trade in Jamaica.[3] His brother Richard Hankey was also an MP.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "HANKEY, Joseph Chaplin (?1754-1803), of King Street, Mdx. and Fenchurch Street, London". historyofparliamentonline.
- ↑ "Hankey & Co | NatWest Group Heritage Hub". www.natwestgroup.com. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
- ↑ "Joseph Chaplin Hankey I | Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2025-09-13. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
- ↑ "HANKEY, Richard (c.1766-1817), of High Beech, Essex. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Archived from the original on 2025-01-18. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
See also
[edit]- List of MPs elected in the 1796 British general election
- List of MPs in the first United Kingdom Parliament
   | This article about a member of Parliament representing an English constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |