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].
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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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