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1830 - 1900
John Alers Hankey, the eldest son of John Alers Hankey and his wife Sarah Andrews nee Jameson, was born in 1830 at 7 Fenchurch Street.
He was educated at Blackheath Proprietory School and in Paris and Switzerland, and then apparently entered Hankey & Co.
He was married on 1 Jul 1858 at Castle Cary to Charlotte Henrietta (daughter of Rev. Canon RJ Meade, Vicar of Castle Cary and Canon of Wells), who had been born in Boulogne in 1836.
John Alers Hankey
Charlotte Alers Hankey
They had four sons and one daughter:
1860-1929 |
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Herbert Edmond |
1862-1921 |
d. unm. - See below |
Constance Rosamond |
1864-1942 |
Lived next to Buckland Abbey and was involved in amateur dramatics. d. unm. |
Charles Austin (Charlie) |
1868-1950 |
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Sandford Raymond (Tim) |
1874-1952 |
Shortly after his marriage John went into business in Manchester, and lived at Alderley Edge in Cheshire, where the two eldest children were born.
By 1864 he had returned to London, and went into partnership as a stockbroker with a man who swindled him and ran away with the money to Spain. John’s father then stepped in and set him up in partnership as a stockbroker in the firm Coates & Hankey, at 24 Gresham Street; Mr Coates became a very prominent person in the City, his son Edward Coates being a personal friend of Edward VII.
The family home in London was at 8 Albert Road, Regents Park where the later children were born. In 1878 the family moved to 12 Arundel Crescent, Brighton, for the sake of Mrs Hankey’s delicate health, and subsequently to 17 Sussex Square, and to Meadfoot House, 1 Hesketh Crescent, Torquay. In 1881 John described his occupation as ‘Rentier’. The family would often spend some months abroad in the winter.
John and his wife were both deeply religious, he being low church and she broad church. John lived very sparingly and ate and drank in strict moderation. He was a very healthy and active man, who was keen on games and could walk for miles. He never wore woollen garments next to his skin, but calico drawers, a cotton shirt and thin socks. He was about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches in height.
John died on 2 Mar 1900, leaving an estate of £178,000, and his widow on 19 Oct 1913 at Torquay.