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Harrow School, 5 High St, Harrow, Harrow on the Hill HA1 3HP
University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3PA
52 Cumberland St, Pimlico, London SW1V 4LZ, UK
Silverlands, Holloway Hill, Lyne, Chertsey KT16 0AE, UK
Holy Trinity Churchyard
Lyne, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England
Frederick Alers Hankey (29 March 1833 – 15 February 1892) was an English banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. He also played first-class cricket for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1852 and 1853.
The Cannibal Club was populated by several somewhat eccentric personalities of
the time: along with
Richard Burton, vice president of the Anthropological Society, founder of
the Club and one of the most famous translators of pornographic Oriental
literature of his time, members included Frederick Hankey, a sadist and
illegal trader of erotica. The term ‘cannibalism’ eventually came to function
as a shorthand for male–male desire within the group.
Hankey was born in London, the son of Thomas Alers Hankey and Elizabeth
Green. His father was a banker in the family firm of Hankey & Co.[1][2] Hankey
was educated at Harrow School and played for the cricket first XI against Eton
in 1850 and 1851. He then went to Oriel College, Oxford.[3] He played one game
for MCC in 1852 against Surrey Club and in 1853 he played two games for MCC
against Oxford University. Hankey played 5 innings in 3 first-class matches,
with a top score of 26 not out and an average of 22.00.[4] Hankey joined his
father in the banking business, and in 1868 they were directors of the
Consolidated Bank Ltd.[5] In 1885 Hankey was elected as the Member of
Parliament (MP) for Chertsey.[6] In 1887 he acquired the Silverlands estate at
Chertsey which was to become the site of St Peter's Hospital[7] Hankey held
his parliamentary seat until his death at Chertsey, Surrey at the age of 58.
On 12 Feb 1862 he married Mary Wickham Flower, daughter of Philip Wickham Flower of Furzedown, Tooting Common, but she died the following year on 13 Jan 1863 at Cumberland Street, Pimlico, London shortly after having a child. He married again on 31 Jan 1865 in the Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London to Marian Elizabeth Miller, eldest daughter of Taverner John Miller M.P. They had a daughter and 5 sons. He died at Silverlands, Chertsey aged 58 years. He was buried on 19 Feb 1892.
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