Biography of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet 1743-1820
On 24 Feb 1743 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet was born to William Banks aka Hodgkinson (age 23).
In Sep 1761 [his father] William Banks aka Hodgkinson (age 42) died.
On 12 Jul 1771 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 28) arrived back in England.
1773. Benjamin West (age 34). Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 29).
Around 1773 Joshua Reynolds (age 49). Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 29).
On 30 Nov 1778 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 35) was elected President of the Royal Society which position he held for forty-one years.
In Mar 1779 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 36) and Dorothea Hugessen were married. The lived at 32 Soho Square for the remainder of his life.
In 1781 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 37) was created 1st Baronet Banks of Revesby Abbey.
1810. Thomas Phillips (age 39). Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 66).
1810. Thomas Phillips (age 39). Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 66).
On 19 Jun 1820 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 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