Colonel Sir Herbert Stuart Sankey KBE CVO VD JP DL (4 May 1854 – 5 April 1940) [1] was a British barrister and politician. [1] [2] The son of Lieutenant-Colonel H. T. Sankey, he was educated at Marlborough School and Christ Church, Oxford before being called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1878. [1] He married Josephine Annesley in 1884, and they had two daughters. [1] [2]
Sankey practised as a barrister on the South Eastern Circuit, and as a counsel for HM Treasury. [1] He held the offices of recorder of Fordwich from 1883-1902, Faversham from 1902–05 [3] and Margate from 1905–13. [1] [2]
In 1901, he was elected to the London County Council as one of four councillors representing the City of London. [4] Re-elected in 1904, 1907 and 1910, he remained a member of the council until 1913. [5] [6] [7] [8] He served as vice-chairman for 1907-08. [9] From 1909 to 1913 he was commanding officer of the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps, and received the brevet rank of colonel in 1913. [1] [2]
In 1913 he was appointed as Remembrancer of the City of London, a position he held until 1927. [1] [2] He was also a governor, deputy-treasurer and almoner of Christ's Hospital; a governor of The Regent Street Polytechnic and a member of the board of management of St Mary's Hospital. [1] [2]
Invested as a Commander of the Victorian Order (CVO) in 1918, Sankey was made Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1927. [2] He was also awarded a number of foreign orders. [2] [10]
Colonel Sir Herbert Stuart Sankey KBE CVO VD JP DL (4 May 1854 – 5 April 1940) [1] was a British barrister and politician. [1] [2] The son of Lieutenant-Colonel H. T. Sankey, he was educated at Marlborough School and Christ Church, Oxford before being called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1878. [1] He married Josephine Annesley in 1884, and they had two daughters. [1] [2]
Sankey practised as a barrister on the South Eastern Circuit, and as a counsel for HM Treasury. [1] He held the offices of recorder of Fordwich from 1883-1902, Faversham from 1902–05 [3] and Margate from 1905–13. [1] [2]
In 1901, he was elected to the London County Council as one of four councillors representing the City of London. [4] Re-elected in 1904, 1907 and 1910, he remained a member of the council until 1913. [5] [6] [7] [8] He served as vice-chairman for 1907-08. [9] From 1909 to 1913 he was commanding officer of the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps, and received the brevet rank of colonel in 1913. [1] [2]
In 1913 he was appointed as Remembrancer of the City of London, a position he held until 1927. [1] [2] He was also a governor, deputy-treasurer and almoner of Christ's Hospital; a governor of The Regent Street Polytechnic and a member of the board of management of St Mary's Hospital. [1] [2]
Invested as a Commander of the Victorian Order (CVO) in 1918, Sankey was made Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1927. [2] He was also awarded a number of foreign orders. [2] [10]