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Stuart Sankey (barrister)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] CareerSankey 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] References
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