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1866 - 1935
Norman Frederick Hankey (seated right) and his three daughters
Eldest son of Frederick and Marian Alers Hankey, Norman was born on 27 Nov 1866 at 64 Gloucester Place.
He was educated at Sherborne School and at Magdalen College and Worcester College, Oxford.
He was married on 26 Apr 1905 to Gertrude Elizabeth Sarah James, daughter of Gwilym James of Merthyr Tydfil, and had three daughters.
Norman became a tea planter in Ceylon. Later he became managing director of Pentrebrach Colliery, Merthyr Tydfil, and bought the colliery from the receivers, Lloyds Bank. He went broke in the general strike, but survived because he kept his personal and business money separate. He had been Mayor of Merthyr 1916-18. He moved from Pentrebrach to Abergavenny, where he lived at The Knoll. He died on 12 Jan 1935 at Abergavenny and was buried at Llanwenarth Church.