Dictionary of Indian Biography/Banks, John Sherbrooke
BANKS, JOHN SHERBROOKE (1811–1857)
Major: joined the Indian Army in 1829: was employed on civil duties for a time, but in 1842 served in Pollock's Kabul force: was in the Military Secretariat: accompanied Lord Dalhousie to Burma, and was on his personal Staff: joined the Oudh Commission and became Commissioner of Lucknow: was in the Residency during the siege, and succeeded Sir Henry Lawrence as Chief Commissioner from the latter's death until his own on July 21, 1857.