Colonel Sir Herbert Stuart Sankey (4 May 1854 – 5 April 1940) was a British

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and politician. The son of Lieutenant-Colonel H. T. Sankey, he was educated at Marlborough School and

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before being

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at the

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in 1878. He married Josephine Annesley in 1884, and they had two daughters.

Career

Sankey practised as a

on the

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, and as a counsel for

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. He held the offices of

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from 1883-1902,

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from 1902–05 and

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from 1905–13. In 1901, he was elected to the

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as one of four councillors representing the

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. Re-elected in 1904, 1907 and 1910, he remained a member of the council until 1913. He served as

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for 1907-08. From 1909 to 1913 he was commanding officer of the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps, and received the

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rank of colonel in 1913. In 1913 he was appointed as

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of the

, a position he held until 1927. He was also a governor, deputy-treasurer and almoner of

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; a governor of The Regent Street Polytechnic and a member of the board of management of St Mary's Hospital. Invested as a Commander of the Victorian Order (CVO) in 1918, Sankey was made

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(KBE) in 1927. He was also awarded a number of foreign orders.

References

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