JENKINSON, Sir Robert, 3rd Bt. (1685-1717), of Walcot, Oxon. and Hawkesbury, Glos.

Family and Education

bap. 23 Nov. 1685, 1st s. of Sir Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Bt., M.P., by Sarah, da. and h. of Thomas Tomlins of Bromley, Mdx.; bro. of Sir Robert Bankes Jenkinson. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 1703; L. Inn 1705. m. (lic. 4 Feb. 1712) Henrietta Maria, da. of Charles Scarborough, clerk of the Green Cloth, s.p. suc. fa. 30 Jan. 1710.

Address

Main residences: Walcot, Oxon; Hawkesbury, Glos.

biography text

A Tory and a member of the October Club, Jenkinson succeeded his father as knight of the shire, voting against the septennial bill in 1716. He died 29 Oct. 1717, ‘much lamented, being a very honest, worthy gentleman’.1Hearne, Colls. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) vi. 102. His widow subsequently married Charles Eversfield and his younger brother, Colonel Charles Jenkinson, was the father of Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. Hearne, Colls. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) vi. 102.