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About John Bankes
Sir John Bankes was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1629. He was Attorney General and Chief Justice to Charles I during the English Civil War. Corfe Castle, his family seat was destroyed during a long siege, in which his wife Mary Hawtrey became known as Brave Dame Mary.
Everything about John Bankes →- Occupation
- judge, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1624-25 Parliament, Member of the 1626 Parliament, Member of the 1628-29 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1589
- Died
- December 28, 1644