Sir George Samuel Jenkinson, 11th Baronet (27 September 1817 – 19 January 1892), was a British Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician.

Background

Jenkinson was the son of the Right Reverend John Jenkinson

John Jenkinson (bishop)

John Banks Jenkinson was an English churchman, Bishop of St David's from 1825.-Life:The second son of John Jenkinson, by Frances, daughter of Rear-admiral John Barker of Guildford, he was born at Winchester on 2 September 1781...

, Bishop of St David's

Bishop of St David's

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, and Frances Augusta, daughter of Augustus Pechell. Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool KG PC was a British politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since the Union with Ireland in 1801. He was 42 years old when he became premier in 1812 which made him younger than all of his successors to date...

, was his first cousin once removed. In 1855 he succeeded his uncle as eleventh Baronet.

Political career

He served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire

High Sheriff of Gloucestershire

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 for 1862. He then unsuccessfully contested Wiltshire North

North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1865 and Nottingham

Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottingham was a parliamentary borough in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295. In 1885 the constituency was abolished and the city of Nottingham divided into three single-member constituencies....

in 1866. In 1868 he was successfully returned for the former constituency, a seat he held until 1880.

Family

Jenkinson married Emily Sophia, daughter of Anthony Lyster, in 1845. They had two sons and three daughters. He died in January 1892, aged 74, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest and only surviving son, George. Lady Jenkinson only survived him by a month and died in February 1892.

External links

• Photograph of Sir George Jenkinson, Bt