Henry Bankes (1757–1834) was an English politician and author.
Henry Bankes by Pompeo Batoni, 1779.
Kingston Lacy House - Seat of the Bankes family
Frances Woodley (1760–1823), Mrs Henry Bankes II, by George Romney 1780-81.
Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. It was for many years the family seat of the Bankes family who lived nearby at Corfe Castle until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners, Sir John Bankes and Dame Mary, had remained loyal to Charles I.
Kingston Lacy house from the south
Corfe Castle was slighted, by order of parliament, in the 17th century.
Bust of Mark Antony collected by William John Bankes exhibited at Kingston Lacy
Sir Ralph Bankes, during whose life Kingston Lacy was constructed (by Sir Peter Lely)