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| rdfs:comment | - Lieutenant General Sir Richard Hieram Sankey KCB (22 March 1829 – 11 November 1908) was an officer in the Royal (Madras) Engineers in the East India Company's army in British India, later transferring to the British Army after the Indian Mutiny and the assumption of Crown rule in India. The Sankey Tank in Bangalore which he constructed to meet the water demands of that city is named after him. The high court building in Bangalore, Attara Kacheri, was designed and built by him.
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| Commands | - Royal Engineer detachment, Kandahar Field Force
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| death place | - St George's Hospital, London
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| Name | - Sir Richard Hieram Sankey
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| Caption | - Albumen Carte de visite from the National Portrait Gallery
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| Birth Place | - Rockwell Castle, County Tipperary, Ireland
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| laterwork | - Chairman, Irish Board of Works
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| abstract | - Lieutenant General Sir Richard Hieram Sankey KCB (22 March 1829 – 11 November 1908) was an officer in the Royal (Madras) Engineers in the East India Company's army in British India, later transferring to the British Army after the Indian Mutiny and the assumption of Crown rule in India. The Sankey Tank in Bangalore which he constructed to meet the water demands of that city is named after him. The high court building in Bangalore, Attara Kacheri, was designed and built by him.
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