Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Banks, Sir Joseph

by Joseph Foster

Banks, Sir Joseph, s. William, of London, arm. Christ Church, matric. 16 Dec., 1760, aged 17; created D.C.L. 21 Nov., 1771, of Revesby Abbey, co. Lincoln, traveller and naturalist, president of the Royal Society 1779, recorder of Boston, privy councillor 29 March, 1797, a commissioner Board of Trade 1797, created a baronet 24 March, 1781, hon. K.B. 1 July, 1795, died 19 June, 1820.