George Bankes was the last of the Cursitor Barons of the Exchequer, the office being abolished by the Conservative ministry of the Earl of Derby in 1852. Without any legal experience at the bar, he was the last barrister to be appointed to the post considered to be a medieval anachronism.
- Occupation
- politician, barrister
- Position held
- member of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 15th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 14th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 10th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1788, December 1, 1787
