Vronwy Hankey

Who was Vronwy Hankey?

Vronwy Hankey was an archaeologist, a specialist in Near Eastern, Minoan, and Mycenaean archaeology. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, she also had an Honorary Fellowship at University College London and an attachment to the university's Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.

In 1941 she married Henry Hankey, the son of Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey, who became a diplomat with whom she travelled for some years before he was posted to London in 1970.