Thomson Hankey

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Thomson Hankey (1805 – 13 January 1893)[1] was a British merchant, a banker and a Liberal Party politician.

Hankey was the son of Thomson Hankey from Portland Place in London, and his wife Martha, the daughter of Benjamin Harrison from Clapham Common.[2] He became a merchant in the City of London and a director the Bank of England,[2] serving first as its Deputy Governor[3] and then as its Governor from 1851 to 1853.[4]

At the 1852 general election, Hankey unsuccessfully contested the borough of Boston in Lincolnshire.[5] He then contested the by-election in June 1853 for the City of Peterborough, where he lost by a margin of 21 votes (out of a total 451) to the Liberal George Hammond Whalley.[6] Whalley had been returned for Peterborough at a by-election in December 1852, but an election petition was lodged and his election was subsequently declared void on 8 June 1853[1] on the grounds that Whalley had been complicit in the "treating" of voters. After his second by-election win, a further petition was lodged, and a committee of the House of Commons found that Whalley's election was invalid, because he had been disqualified as a result of the previous void election. The seat was therefore awarded to Hankey, who was declared duly elected on 14 August 1853.[7]

Hankey was re-elected in 1857,[8] 1859[9] and 1865,[10] but was defeated at the 1868 general election by the Liberal William Wells.[6] He was re-elected in 1874,[11] but was defeated in 1880.[6] His name was discussed in early 1882 as a possible candidate for any future vacancy in Peterborough,[12] but when Hampden Whalley resigned in June 1883, Hankey did not contest the resulting by-election,[6] and did not stand again thereafter.[13]

He was also a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Middlesex, Kent and the City of London, and a member of Commission of lieutenancy for the City of London.[13]

He died on 13 January 1893, aged 88.[13] In his later years, his advanced age prevented him from taking any active part in public life.[13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Craig, pages 237–238
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  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 21983. p. 1179. 31 March 1857. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 22258. p. 1813. 3 May 1859. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 22991. p. 3531. 14 July 1865. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24063. p. 539. 6 February 1874. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Peterborough
1853–1868
With: George Wentworth-FitzWilliam 1853–59
George Hammond Whalley 1859–68		 Succeeded by
William Wells
George Hammond Whalley
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Peterborough
1874–1880
With: George Hammond Whalley 1874–78
John Wentworth-FitzWilliam 1878–80		 Succeeded by
Hampden Whalley
John Wentworth-FitzWilliam
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the Bank of England
1851–1853		 Succeeded by
John Gellibrand Hubbard

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