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'''John Banks''' was appointed as headmaster of [[Boston Grammar School]] on 26 July 1790. | '''John Banks''' was appointed as headmaster of [[Boston Grammar School]] on 26 July 1790. | ||
Banks' parents were John and Elizabeth Grisdale Banks. They were married 11 June 1764 at [[Wikipedia:Crosthwaite|Crosthwaite]], where John was baptised on 23 April 1765. | |||
John Banks was unanimously elected to take over the "almost entirely lost" school. He was a Cumbrian native and non-graduate clergyman. Educated at [[Wikipedia:Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]], he did not go direct from school to college. Instead, he became a "ten-year man", availing himself of a peculiar arrangement of the period whereby, through keeping his name on the books of a college for ten years, he obtained a Bachelor of Divinity degree without first graduating BA. Thus, at 23, as "a literate person", he was ordained deacon and licensed to the curacy of [[Wikipedia:Surfleet|Surfleet]] on 21 September 1788, worth £20 per annum. The next year found him admitted [[sizar]] at [[Wikipedia:Christ's College, Cambridge|Christ's College]], and also ordained priest, and he now took over the £50-a-year curacy of [[Wikipedia:Wigtoft|Wigtoft]] and [[Wikipedia:Quadring|Quadring]] on 20 September 1789. | |||
1790 brought Banks' election as BGS head, but it was not until a decade after that he gained his BD degree. Reporting his appointment, the [[Stamford Mercury]] described him as "the Rev John Banks, of Christ's College, Cambridge". The press announcement that the school had reopened under his direction after the summer holiday on Monday 2 August added: | |||
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Several very respectable Boarding Houses are ready to receive young Gentlemen upon reasonable Terms. Ten or Twelve Parlour Boarders may be accommodated in the House with the Master at Sixteen Guineas per Annum, and One Guinea Entrance. The Terms for Latin and Greek, to those who are not free of the School, Four Guineas per Annum, and One Guinea Entrance. | |||
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Banks followed Samuel Partridge (vicar of Boston) in being admitted a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1805. They were involved in a number of joint ventures. In June 1814 the Wide Bargate property Banks had bought that year to accommodate boarders, and Partridge's vicarage, where occasional boarders were also received, were among the many Boston premises to mark the end of the Napoleonic wars; the transparency Banks exhibited represented Fortitude, Faith and Britannia, the last named holding a roll signifying a treaty of peace, while her other hand pointed to "the crown of the Bourbons as an emblem of their happy return". | |||
On Banks' retirement his Wide Bargate property became a "Ladies' boarding school". This announcement appeared in the [[Boston Gazette]], 27 September 1825: "Miss Green, having entered upon a large and commodious House, in Wide Bargate, lately occupied by the Rev J Banks, has a vacancy for Two Parlour Boarders. NB The Tow Houses in Grove Street lately occupied by Miss G are to Let". | |||
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Revision as of 11:58, 13 November 2020
| John Banks BD FSA | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1765 |
| Died |
1842 (aged 78) Spilsby |
| Roles | Headmaster |
| Years at BGS | 1790-1825 |
| Home town | Crosthwaite |
| Predecessor | Obadiah Bell |
| Successor | Thomas Homer |
| Parents | John Banks; Elizabeth Grisdale |
John Banks was appointed as headmaster of Boston Grammar School on 26 July 1790.
Banks' parents were John and Elizabeth Grisdale Banks. They were married 11 June 1764 at Crosthwaite, where John was baptised on 23 April 1765.
John Banks was unanimously elected to take over the "almost entirely lost" school. He was a Cumbrian native and non-graduate clergyman. Educated at Keswick, he did not go direct from school to college. Instead, he became a "ten-year man", availing himself of a peculiar arrangement of the period whereby, through keeping his name on the books of a college for ten years, he obtained a Bachelor of Divinity degree without first graduating BA. Thus, at 23, as "a literate person", he was ordained deacon and licensed to the curacy of Surfleet on 21 September 1788, worth £20 per annum. The next year found him admitted sizar at Christ's College, and also ordained priest, and he now took over the £50-a-year curacy of Wigtoft and Quadring on 20 September 1789.
1790 brought Banks' election as BGS head, but it was not until a decade after that he gained his BD degree. Reporting his appointment, the Stamford Mercury described him as "the Rev John Banks, of Christ's College, Cambridge". The press announcement that the school had reopened under his direction after the summer holiday on Monday 2 August added:
Several very respectable Boarding Houses are ready to receive young Gentlemen upon reasonable Terms. Ten or Twelve Parlour Boarders may be accommodated in the House with the Master at Sixteen Guineas per Annum, and One Guinea Entrance. The Terms for Latin and Greek, to those who are not free of the School, Four Guineas per Annum, and One Guinea Entrance.
Banks followed Samuel Partridge (vicar of Boston) in being admitted a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1805. They were involved in a number of joint ventures. In June 1814 the Wide Bargate property Banks had bought that year to accommodate boarders, and Partridge's vicarage, where occasional boarders were also received, were among the many Boston premises to mark the end of the Napoleonic wars; the transparency Banks exhibited represented Fortitude, Faith and Britannia, the last named holding a roll signifying a treaty of peace, while her other hand pointed to "the crown of the Bourbons as an emblem of their happy return".
On Banks' retirement his Wide Bargate property became a "Ladies' boarding school". This announcement appeared in the Boston Gazette, 27 September 1825: "Miss Green, having entered upon a large and commodious House, in Wide Bargate, lately occupied by the Rev J Banks, has a vacancy for Two Parlour Boarders. NB The Tow Houses in Grove Street lately occupied by Miss G are to Let".