John Banson 1720-1759

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John BANSON 1720-1759

Biographical Note

Son of John Banson, vicar of Meesden, Hertfordshire. Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and LL.B, 1745, LL.D 1750. Rector of Swannington, Norfolk 1751-59, also vicar of Wood Dalling during the same timespan.

Books

Banson used an engraved armorial bookplate, describing himself as of Trinity Hall (Franks 1392); the extent and disposition of his library is not known.

Sources

Sources

  • Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.