BANDON, JAMES BERNARD, 2 Earl of (_eld. son of Francis Bernard 1 Earl of Bandon 1755–1830_). _b._ Castle Bernard, Bandon co. Cork 14 June 1785; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam.; M.A. 1806; M.P. for Bandon 1820–26 and 1830; succeeded as 2 Earl 26 Nov. 1830; recorder of Bandon; a representative peer of Ireland 31 July 1835; lord lieutenant of Cork 1842; F.R.S. 5 June 1845. _d._ Castle Bernard 31 Oct. 1856. BANDON, FRANCIS BERNARD, 3 Earl of (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ Grosvenor st. London 3 Jany. 1810; ed. at Eton and Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1834; M.P. for Bandon 1831–32 and 1842–56; a representative peer of Ireland 21 Aug. 1858; lord lieutenant of Cork 2 Nov. 1874. _d._ Castle Bernard 17 Feb. 1877. BANGOR, EDWARD WARD, 4 Viscount. _b._ London 23 Feb. 1827; succeeded 1 Aug. 1837; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1848; representative peer for Ireland 9 Jany. 1855. _d._ Brighton 14 Sep. 1881. BANIM, MICHAEL (_eld. son of Michael Banim of Kilkenny, shopkeeper_). _b._ Kilkenny 5 Aug. 1796, postmaster there 1852–73; contributed _Crohoore_, _The Croppy_, _The ghost hunter_, _The mayor of Windgap_, _Father Connell_ and other tales to _The tales by the O’Hara family 24 vols._ _d._ Booterstown, co. Dublin 30 Aug. 1874. _P. J. Murray’s Life of John Banim_ 1857. BANKES, GEORGE (_3 son of Henry Bankes of Kingston hall, Dorset 1757–1834_). _b._ 1788. Ed. at Westminster and Trin. hall, Cam.; fellow; LL.B. 1812; bankruptcy comr. 1822; recorder of Weymouth 25 Aug. 1823; cursitor Baron of the Exchequer 6 July 1824 to death when office abolished; M.P. for Corfe Castle 1816–23 and 1826–32 and for Dorset 1841 to death; sec. to Board of control 2 May 1829 to 16 Feb. 1830 and comr. of same board 24 Feb. 1830 to 6 Dec. 1830; a junior lord of the Treasury 24 April to 24 Nov. 1830; P.C. 27 Feb. 1852; judge advocate general 28 Feb. to Dec. 1852; author of _The story of Corfe Castle and of many who have lived there_ 1853. _d._ 5 Old palace yard Westminster 6 July 1856. _Waagen’s Galleries of art_ (1857) 374–83; _I.L.N. xxiv_, 97 (1854). BANKES, WILLIAM JOHN (_elder brother of the preceding_). Ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1808, M.A. 1811; M.P. for Truro 1810–12, for Cambridge Univ. 1821–25, for Marlborough 1829–32 and for Dorset 1833–34; a great friend of Lord Byron; travelled in the East with Giovanni Finati whose life he translated from the Italian _2 vols._ 1830. _d._ Venice 15 April 1855. _A.R._ 1826 49–56. BANKHEAD, CHARLES. _b._ Antrim; ed. at Londonderry and Univ. of Edin., M.D. 24 June 1790; surgeon to the Londonderry militia; L.C.P. 25 June 1807; practised at Brighton; physician extraordinary to Prince Regent 24 Feb. 1816, removed to London; physician extraordinary to George 4th 30 March 1821; practised many years at Florence. _d._ Florence 26 Nov. 1859 in 92 year.