Thomson Hankey junior

Eldest son of the eight children of Thomson Hankey senior (q.v.) and his wife, Martha, daughter of Benjamin Harrison. Married Apolline Agatha (died 1888), 4 February 1831. She was the daughter of William Alexander and half-sister of Sir William Alexander (q.v). Joined his father's firm and became the longest-serving senior partner in Thomson Hankey & Co. Elected a director of the Bank of England in 1835; deputy governor (1849–51); Governor (1851–3). Liberal MP for Peterborough 1853-1868 and 1874-1880. He spoke mainly on economic questions. He wrote on questions of finance and political economy, including The principles of banking, its utility and economy, with remarks on the working and management of the Bank of England (4th edn, 1887). April 1855-July 1877: a member of the Political Economy Club. He and Apolline had no children; his great-nephew Ernest Harvey joined the Bank of England in 1885 and much later became deputy governor, 1929–36.

A visitor at the house of the Dowager Duchess of Richmond in Folkstone, Kent, in the 1861 census, age 56, "Member of Parliament", with his wife Apolline; at 59 Portland Place in the 1871 census. 1881 census shows Thomson Hankey aged 75 magistrate, born Hackney, living at 59 Portland Place with his wife Apolline A., aged 72 born USA.

Death of Thomson Hankey aged 87 registered Q1 1893 Marylebone. He left £133,482 0s 8d (resworn August 1894 from £133,107 6s 2d at probate).

W. P. Courtney, ‘Hankey, Thomson (1805–1893)’, rev. A. C. Howe, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009.

1861, 1871 and 1881 censuses online.

FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online]; National Probate Calendar 1893.