Thomson Hankey (15 June 1805[1] – 13 January 1893)[2] was a British merchant, a banker and a Liberal Party politician.
[5] In June 2020 the Bank of England issued a public apology for the involvement of Hankey, amongst other employees, in the slave trade following the investigation by the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership at UCL.
[7] He then contested the by-election in June 1853 for the City of Peterborough, where he lost by a margin of 21 votes (out of a total 451) to the Liberal George Hammond Whalley.
[8] His name was discussed in early 1882 as a possible candidate for any future vacancy in Peterborough,[14] but when Hampden Whalley resigned in June 1883, Hankey did not contest the resulting by-election,[8] and did not stand again thereafter.
[15] In his later years, his advanced age prevented him from taking any active part in public life.