William John Bankes
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William John Bankes
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William John Bankes was an English politician, explorer, Egyptologist and adventurer. The second, but first surviving, son of Henry Bankes MP, he was a member of the Bankes family of Dorset and he had Sir Charles Barry recase Kingston Lacy in stone as it is today. He travelled extensively to the Near East and Egypt and made an extensive individual collection of Egyptian artefacts. His work on Egypt, though not acknowledged until the 21st century, is regarded as important. He was a good friend of
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British politician (1786–1855)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Bankes
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2006-06-22T15:15:44Z
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2024-09-02T23:07:31Z
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