Joseph Banks 1st Baronet 1743-1820

On 24th February 1743 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet was born to William Banks aka Hodgkinson [aged 23].

In September 1761 [his father] William Banks aka Hodgkinson [aged 42] died.

On 12th July 1771 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 28] arrived back in England.

1773. Benjamin West [aged 34]. Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 29].

Around 1773 Joshua Reynolds [aged 49]. Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 29].

On 30th November 1778 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 35] was elected President of the Royal Society which position he held for forty-one years.

In March 1779 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 36] and Dorothea Hugessen were married. The lived at 32 Soho Square for the remainder of his life.

In 1781 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 37] was created 1st Baronet Banks of Revesby Abbey.

1810. Thomas Phillips [aged 39]. Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 66].

1810. Thomas Phillips [aged 39]. Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 66].

On 19th June 1820 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 77] died at Spring Grove House. Baronet Banks of Revesby Abbey extinct.

Archaeologia Volume 14 Section XXXI. Account of Roman Urns discovered in Cornwall, and of a Cromlech discovered in the Parish of Madron in the same County; in a Letter from the Rev. Malachi Hitchins to the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S, and F. S. A.

Read March 11 and 18, 1802.

Ancestors of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet 1743-1820

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Banks of Beck Hall, Giggleswick, Yorkshire

Great x 1 Grandfather: Joseph Banks of Revesby Abbey, Lincolnshire

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Frankland of Rathmell, Yorkshire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Frankland

Grandfather: Joseph Banks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Reverend Rowland Hancock of Shircliffe Hall, South Yorkshire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Hancock

father: William Banks aka Hodgkinson

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hodgkinson

Grandmother: Anne Hodgkinson

Joseph Banks 1st Baronet