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1833 - 1892
Eldest son of Thomas Alers Hankey of Clapham and Epsom, Frederick was born at 24 Finsbury Square on 29 March 1833 and baptised on 8 Jul at the Independent chapel at Kings Weigh House, Fish Street Hill (at the same time as his first cousin Charles Alers Hankey).
Educated at Harrow 1846-51 and Oriel College, Oxford.
Frederick was married on 12 Feb 1862 at Tooting to Mary Wickham Flower, daughter of Philip Wickham Flower of Furzedown, Tooting Common. Mary died on 13 Jan 1863 at Cumberland Street, shortly after having a child.
Frederick was married secondly on 31 Mar 1865 at Marylebone, Holy Trinity to Marian Elizabeth Miller (1841-1907), daughter of Taverner J Miller, MP, of Streatham Elms, Streatham; by her he had a daughter and five sons (but no known grandsons in the male line):
1866-1935 |
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Oswald Miller |
1868-1887 |
At Cheam School (1881) and Eton. Killed whilst hunting, soon after being commissioned into the Army. |
Spencer Taverner |
1870-1960 |
At Cheam School (1881) and Eton. m 1898 Mrs Nina Dunning. Barrister. Emigrated to Los Angeles and became an American citizen. |
Gilbert Lionel |
1872-1941 |
At Eton. m 1901 Kathleen Desmond. Laundry proprietor |
1875-1945 |
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1883-1951 |
m 1913 Rose M Rendall. Emigrated to New Zealand |
Frederick Alers Hankey was a partner of Hankey & Co until 1863, when the firm was merged into the Consolidated Bank, of which he was chairman at the time of his death. He was also a director of other companies, and in 1873 was among the prominent shareholders of the Direct United States Cable Company. He was Master of the Grocers Company 1870-72; MP for North West or Chertsey division of Surrey 1885-92; and Alderman of Surrey County Council 1889-92.
His grandfather George Green having been an important shipbuilder and shipowner, Frederick was a keen yachtsman, like his first cousin Jameson Alers Hankey. In 1871 he owned the cutter Phoenix, 75 tons, and from 1872 to 1878 the schooner Nukteris, 130 tons. The screw schooner Ulva (344 tons and 167 feet) was built for him in 1879 by The Greenock Foundry Company, and he owned this until 1888. He had also owned the gaff cutter Leonara. He was a member of the RYS, Victoria, Cornwall and Dorset Yacht Clubs.
He had been a fine cricketer, and between 1852 and 1853 played in three first-class matches for the MCC.
Frederick’s town house was at 44 Lowndes Square, but his principal residence was Silverlands, Chertsey. This ‘large and handsome mansion’ had been rebuilt or altered in about 1818-25 for Frederick’s cousin Vice Admiral Sir Henry Hotham. Sir Henry died in 1833, leaving the Silverlands estate for the use of his wife Lady Frances Juliana Hotham, with remainder to his heir. Lady Hotham died there on 31 Jan 1859 and in December 1883 Silverlands was sold by Sir Henry’s heir Rev Henry John Hotham to Frederick Alers Hankey for £47,500.
Silverlands, Chertsey
The 1881 census shows the Hankeys at Silverlands, with their two younger children and ten staff. After Fredericks death in 1892, his widow probably lived there for a time, but the property was sold in 1897.
Frederick was given to having minor German royalty to stay. For the family, life was one of hunting (with meets at Silverlands), shooting parties in Scotland and sailing in the family yacht. Frederick died at breakfast at Silverlands on 15 Feb 1892, aged only 58, and was buried at the nearby church at Lyne.
He was the last of his family who had been bankers with such conspicuous success over a period of some 210 years. He left an estate of £161,000.