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].
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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.
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