Ralph George Scott Bankes

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Ralph George Scott Bankes (24 October 1900 – 22 May 1948) was a British barrister and Diocesan Chancellor.

Bankes was born to Ralph Vincent Bankes and Ethel Georgina Mount (daughter of William George Mount M.P.). He was educated at Twyford School,[1] Winchester College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1923, and in 1927 was awarded an M.A.

He was admitted to the

County of Flint,[2]
being Deputy Chairman since 1940.

From his time at Oxford in 1923 to his death, he was associated with

The Working Men’s College, as benefactor, teacher, and member of College Council and the Executive Committee. He was a keen College sportsman with a passion for cricket, while being Chairman of the Playing Fields Committee. He died playing cricket at the Playing Fields.[3]

Ralf George Scott Bankes never married.

References

  1. ^ Twyford School. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  2. ^ London Gazette
  3. ^ J. F. C. Harrison ,A History of the Working Men's College (1854-1954), Routledge Kegan Paul (1954), p. 186.