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CodeDS/UK/3326
NameBanks; Sir; Reginald Mitchell (26 August 1880-9 July 1940); KC; British Conservative politician
Dates26 August 1880-9 July 1940
GenderMale (cisgender)
RelationshipsSon of Sir William Mitchell Banks (surgeon)
BiographySir Reginald Mitchell Banks, KC was a British Conservative politician and County Court judge. He was Member of Parliament for Swindon between 1922–29 and 1931–34.

During the First World War, he enlisted in the 1st/5th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, before being commissioned into the Indian Army Reserve and attached to the 1st/5th Gurkha Rifles. He served in India and Mesopotamia, before being appointed as a military censor in the Press Bureau in 1917.

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