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Hankey, Frederick (1823 -1882)

Frederick Hankey was born in 1823 in Corfu, the son of Sir Frederick Hankey (1800-1855), Governor of the Ionian Islands, and a Greek mother. In the military Hankey rose to the rank of Captain. Retiring in 1840, he moved to Paris where he indulged in his passion for erotic literature, supplying Swinburne, Richard Monckton Milnes, Richard Burton, and Ashbee with erotica

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Hankey, Frederick (1823 - 1882) (Stamp 1) Title: Hankey, Frederick (1823 - 1882) (Stamp 1)
Arms: Quarterly 1 & 4 Per pale azure and gules a wolf salient erminois vulned on the shoulder (Hankey) 2 & 3. Argent a bear rampant muzzled (Barnard)
Crest: A wolf’s head erased erminois
Helmet: Esquire
Dimensions (height x width): 53mm x 48mm
Quarterings: 1 & 4 Per pale azure and gules a wolf salient erminois vulned on the shoulder (Hankey) 2 & 3. Argent a bear rampant muzzled (Barnard)
Heraldic Charges: bear, Heraldic Charges: wolf, Heraldic Charges: wolf's head