Background
Hanbury was born in Wolverhampton on 13 May 1778.
Hanbury was born in Wolverhampton on 13 May 1778.
Foreign a time he was engaged in a retail business. Then in June 1803, through the influence of Ebenezer Maitland, he obtained a post in the Bank of England, and remained there till 1859. Hanbury became one of the deacons at Union Street on 2 May 1819, and held office till 1857, when he moved to Clapham, and then to Brixton.
Foreign more than 30 years he was one of the "dissenting deputies", who protected the political rights of nonconformist bodies.
And he entered the debate on church establishments which followed the repeal of the Test Acting and Corporation Acting in 1828. On the formation (1831) of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, Hanbury became its treasurer, and held the post for the rest of his life.
He died on 12 January 1864 at his residence, 16 Gloucester Villas, Brixton, and was buried on 19 January in Norwood cemetery.
He was a member of Society for Promoting Ecclesiastical Knowledge, instituted for the publication of works bearing on nonconformist theories.