_Family of Sir J. Banks_ (Vol. iii., p. 390.).--It appears, on a
reference to Burke's _Commoners_, that the ancestors of Sir J. Banks
were possessed of property in and about Keswick; and the present
representative of the family possesses black-lead mines in Borrowdale,
Cumberland. It is, therefore, very probable that the Mr. John Banks in
question may have been of the same family, though not a lineal
descendant of Sir J. Banks.