Sir John Bankes was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1629. He was Attorney General and Chief Justice to Charles I during the English Civil War. Corfe Castle, his family seat was destroyed during a long siege, in which his wife Mary Hawtrey became known as Brave Dame Mary.
- Occupation
- judge, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1624-25 Parliament, Member of the 1626 Parliament, Member of the 1628-29 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1589
- Died
