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Bankes JE
Bankes may refer to * Bankes (surname) * Bankes Coffee Stores, a chain of stores operated in Chicago area in the U.S. in the early 20th century *Bankes's Horse Marocco (c. 1586 – c. 1606), widely known as Bankes's Horse (after his trainer William Bankes), was the name of a late 16th- and early 17th-century English performing horse. He is sometimes referred to as the "Dancing Horse", the "Thinking H ..., (c.1586–c.1606), English performing horse See also * Banks (other) {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bankes (surname)
Bankes is an English surname that may refer to the following people: *Bankes family of prominent gentry in Dorset, England * Anne Bankes (1759–1778), English pastellist * Charlotte Bankes (born 1995), British-French snowboarder *Edward Bankes, Irish-born American entrepreneur, founder of Bankes Coffee Stores *John Eldon Bankes Sir John Eldon Bankes, (17 April 1854 – 31 December 1946) was a Welsh judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, and later a Lord Justice of Appeal. Biography Born in Northop, Flintshire on 17 April 1854, he was ... (1854–1946), Welsh judge * Lyn Bankes (born 1941), American politician * Peter Bankes, English football referee * William Bankes (other), multiple people See also * Banks (surname) {{surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bankes Coffee Stores
Bankes Coffee Stores (also known as E. Bankes & Co.) was a chain of stores that operated in the Chicago region throughout the early 20th century. The company was founded in 1882 by Ireland-born Edward Bankes (c.1860–1936) as a tea and coffee mercantile business. Dubbed "the Starbucks of Chicago", during its peak the company operated over 20 stores. See also * List of coffeehouse chains This list of notable coffeehouse chains catalogues the spread and markets share of coffeehouses world-wide. This list excludes the many companies which operate coffeeshops within retail establishments, notably bookstores and department stores, or ... References {{Portalbar, Coffee, Chicago, Companies, Food coffee organizations food and drink companies based in Illinois defunct companies based in Illinois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bankes's Horse
Marocco (c. 1586 – c. 1606), widely known as Bankes's Horse (after his trainer William Bankes), was the name of a late 16th- and early 17th-century English performing horse. He is sometimes referred to as the "Dancing Horse", the "Thinking Horse", or the "Politic Horse". Origin William Bankes (also spelled Banks or Banckes, and sometimes called Richard Bankes) was born in Staffordshire, probably in the early 1560s, In the 1580s he became a retainer of Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex; his job may have been working in the stables. The horse that would be named Marocco was born around 1586; most sources agree he was bay, but some record him as white. Soon thereafter he was obtained by Bankes, who named him after the morocco leather from which contemporary saddles were made, and jocularly addressed him as "seignior" (''señor''). According to modern English physician and writer Jan Bondeson, "Marocco was a small, muscular horse with remarkable litheness and agility; he also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
