St. John Emile Clavering Hankin (1869 - 1909)

Born 1869 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Florence (Routledge) Hankin — married 1 Jun 1901 in Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Died 15 Jun 1909 at about age 40 in Builth, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom [uncertain]

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Biography

St. John Hankin is Notable.

St. John was born in 1869. He was the son of Charles Hankin and Mary Perrott.

He attended Malvern College, then Merton College, Oxford. He was an essayist and playwright. Wikipedia entry for St. John Hankin

In 1901 St. John married Florence Routledge, the daughter of publisher George Routledge.^[1]

He committed suicide by drowning himself in the Afon Ieithon on 15 June 1909 aged 39. ^{[2] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ "Marriages Jun 1901" Name: HANKIN St. John Emile C. District: Guildford Volume: 2a Page: 147
2. ↑ St. John Emile Clavering Hankin Papers, Rochester University https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/finding-aids/D320#contentlist
3. ↑ "Death Record" Name: HANKIN, ST JOHN EMILE CLAVERING Age at Death (in years): 39 GRO Reference: 1909 J Quarter in BUILTH Volume 11B Page 61

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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_Second_Supplement,_volume_2.djvu/216

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