Herbert Stuart Sankey

Colonel Sir (Herbert) Stuart Sankey KBE (4 May 1854 - 5 April 1940) was a British barrister and politician.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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 practiced 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, of Faversham from 1902–05 and Margate from 1905–13.^{[3] [1]} he married Josephine annesley in 1884, and they had two daughters.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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 Officer Training Corps, and received the brevet rank of colonel in 1913.^{[1] [3]}

In 1913 he was appointed as Remembrancer of the City of London, an office he held until 1927.^{[1] [3]} 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] [3]}

Invested as a Commander of the Victorian Order in 1918, he was made Kinght of the British Empire in 1927.^[3] He was also awarded a number of foreign orders.^[3]

He died in April 1940, aged 85.^[1]

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