Swansea, _d._ 1815). _b._ Swansea 18 Jany. 1809; ed. at Swansea
gram. sch.; solicitor Swansea; deputy steward for duke of
Beaufort’s, Glamorganshire manor; barrister L.I. 30 April
1856, retired from practice 1866; F.L.S. 1829; F.R.S. 2 April
1840; LLD. of St. Andrew’s univ.; treasurer Geological Soc.
1869–82 and V.P. 1882; sheriff of Hertfordshire 1877; president
biological section of British Assoc. 1877; went on many deep
sea dredging expeditions 1860–70 and discovered a large number
of new species of shells; wrote upwards of 100 papers on
scientific subjects; his collection of European mollusca was
purchased by United States government 1883; author of British
conchology 5 vols. 1862–69. _d._ 1 The Terrace, Kensington 24
Jany. 1885. _Proc. Royal Soc. xxxviii_ 14–17 (1885); _Quart.
Journ. Geol. Soc. xli_ 41–2 (1885); _I.L.N. lxxxvi_ 136 (1885),
_portrait_; _Biograph_, _vi_ 373 (1881).
JEFFREYS, JULIUS (4 son of rev. Richard Jeffreys, R. of
Throcking, Herts.) _b._ Hall place, Kent 1801; studied in
Edinb. and London; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1821; assistant surgeon Bengal
medical establishment 28 Sep. 1822, advocated establishment
of health stations in India, staff surgeon 1824; invented the
thermantidote for cooling houses; established a manufactory of
soda water and made the stone bottles for containing it; the
first to send citrate of limes to England for forming citric
acid; returned to England 1835; invented the respirator for
persons suffering from pulmonary attacks 1835, obtained patents
for it 1836, 1844 and 1850; Member Med. Chir. Soc. 1838; F.R.S.
7 Jany. 1841; F.G.S. 1846; author of Observations upon the
construction and use of the respirator 1836; A few remarks upon
an atmospheric treatment of the lungs and upon the use of the
respirator 1845, 2 ed. 1847; A word on climate and affections
of the throat and chest 1850; The British army in India, its
preservation by appropriate clothing 1858. _d._ 9 Park villas
west, Queen’s road, Richmond, Surrey 13 May 1877. _E. Jeffrey’s
Confutative biographical notice_ (1855); _Proc. Med. Chir. Soc.
viii_ 294–7 (1877).
JEJEEBHOY, BYRAMJEE (son of a merchant at Bombay). _b._ 1823;
Parsee merchant Bombay; first to introduce cotton-spinning
mills into India; instrumental in introducing fire insurance;
member of legislative council of Bombay 1868; settled in trust
for his family 30 lakhs of rupees 1872; founded medical schools
in Ahmedabad and Poona and a high school at Poona called after
himself; gave 4 lakhs of rupees for a school for poor Parsees in
Bombay 1890; C.S.I. 31 Dec. 1875. _d._ Bombay 12 Sep. 1890.
JEJEEBHOY, SIR JAMSETJEE, 1 Baronet (son of Jejeebhoy a native
of Nowsaree a town in Baroda). _b._ Nowsaree 15 July 1783;
made five voyages to China 1799 to 1807; a Parsee merchant
in Bombay 1807; released the poor debtors, confined by the
court of requests, from the Bombay gaol by paying their debts
1822; founded Jejeebhoy hospital in Bombay 1843 cost 2 lakhs
of rupees, and endowed many schools; completed the causeway
connecting Mahim with Bandora 1845; founded Parsee benevolent
institution, Bombay 1849; gave away about £250,000; knighted
by letters patent 2 March 1842; baronet of United Kingdom by
letters patent 6 Aug. 1857; the first native of India who
received title and arms from British authority; voted freedom
of City of London 14 April 1855. _d._ Bombay 14 April 1859.
_bur._ in the Tower of Silence at Chowpatty 14 April. _J.
J. Higginbotham’s Men whom India has known_ (1874) 218–9;
_Drawing room portrait gallery of eminent personages 2 series_
(1859), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxix_ 579, 580 (1856), _portrait_;
_Cooverjee Sorabjee Nazir’s The first Parsee baronet. Bombay_
(1866).
JEJEEBHOY, SIR JAMSETJEE, 2 Baronet (son of preceding). _b._ 9
Oct. 1811; Parsee merchant Bombay; relinquished his original
names Cursetjee Jamsetjee, on succeeding to the baronetcy,
by act of legislative council of India, No. XX, 1 May 1860
ordaining that successive holders of the baronetcy should take
name of Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; distributed large sums in charity;
J.P. for Bombay; F.R.S. 27 May 1841; fellow of Bombay univ.
1862; C.S.I. 20 May 1871. _d._ Fountain hall, Poona 11 July
1877. _I.L.N. 20 Aug. 1859 p._ 194, _portrait_.
JELF, REV. RICHARD WILLIAM (2 son of sir James Jelf of Oaklands,
Gloucester, _d._ 1842). _b._ 25 Jany. 1798; ed. at Eton and
Ch. Ch. Oxf., fellow of Oriel 1820–6, tutor 1823, B.A. 1820,
M.A. 1823, B.D. 1831, D.D. 1839; tutor to prince George of
Cumberland, afterwards king of Hanover, 1826–39; canon of Ch.
Ch. Oxf. 15 March 1830 to death; Newman and Pusey addressed to
him their respective letters on the Thirty nine articles 1841;
Bampton lecturer 1844; one of the six doctors who suspended
Pusey from preaching 1847; principal of King’s coll. London
1844–68; sub-almoner to queen Victoria 1846 to death; condemned
F. D. Maurice’s Theological essays 1853; author of Sermons 1835;
Via Media or the church of England our providential path between
Romanism and dissent 1842, 4 ed. 1842; The thirty nine articles
explained 1873; edited Bishop Jewel’s Work 8 vols. 1848. _d._ in
his residence Ch. Ch. Oxford 19 Sep. 1871. _The Eton portrait
gallery_ (1876) 197–8; _The Graphic_, _iv_ 375, 381 (1871),
_portrait_.
JELF, REV. WILLIAM EDWARD (brother of the preceding). _b._
Gloucester 3 April 1811; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A.
1833, M.A. 1836, B.D. 1844; tutor of Ch. Ch. 1836–49, censor
1841–9, junior proctor 1843–4, his strictness caused an uproar
at the Commeration of 1843 which was never excelled in Oxford;
master of the schools 1839; Whitehall preacher 1846–8; Bampton
lecturer 1857; V. of Carleton, Skipton, Yorkshire 1849–54; built
a ch. on his own property at Caerdeon near Barmouth, Wales where
he officiated 1854, ch. consecrated 1875; author of A grammar
of the Greek language 2 vols. 1842–5, 3 ed. 1861; Christianity
comprehensive and definite 1857, several editions; Supremacy
of Scripture. In a letter to Dr. Frederick Temple 1861, 2 ed.
1862; Quousque? Considerations on ritualism. By a High churchman
of the old school 1875. _d._ Hastings’ lodge, Hastings 18 Oct.
1875. _Guardian 27 Oct. 1875 p._ 1367 _and 3 Nov. p._ 1394.
JELLETT, REV. JOHN HEWITT. _b._ Cashel, Tipperary 25 Dec. 1817;
ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, fellow 1840–70; B.A. 1838, M.A. 1843,
B.D. 1866, D.D. 1881; professor of natural philosophy Trin.
coll. 1847–70; commissioner of Irish national education 1868;
president R. Irish Acad. 1869; member of board of Trin. coll.
1870 and provost 2 April 1881 to death; gave annual prizes to
Trin. coll. called Prizes for general answering 24 Nov. 1883
to death; author of An elementary treatise of the calculus of
variations 1850; A treatise on the theory of friction 1872; The
efficacy of prayer 1878; An examination of some of the moral
difficulties of the Old Testament 1867. _d._ the provost’s
house, Trin. coll. Dublin 19 Feb. 1888. _Times 21 Feb. 1888 p._
10, _24 Feb. p._ 5; _I.L.N. lxxviii_ 453 (1881), _portrait_;
_The Graphic 10 March 1888 p._ 240, _portrait_.
JELLICOE, MRS. ANNE W. (dau. of Mr. Mullin). _b._ 1823; a
Friend, joined the Ch. of England; lady superintendent of
Alexandra college, 2 Earlsfort terrace, Dublin (founded for
education of ladies) 1866 to death. _d._ at the residence of her
brother John W. Mullin 13 South road, Birmingham 18 Oct. 1880.
_bur._ Friends’ ground at Rosenallis near Mountmellick 21 Oct.
_Freeman’s Journal 19 Oct. 1880 p._ 1, _22 Oct. p._ 2.
JELLICOE, CHARLES. _b._ 1804 or 1805; clerk Royal Exchange
assurance co. 1825, sec. of life committee 1827; actuary and
sec. Protector life association 1835 with which Eagle co.
amalgamated 1847, sec. of joint companies 1847–70, director and
deputy chairman 1870 to death; president Institute of actuaries
1860–67; edited Assurance Mag. to 1866; F.R.G.S.; F.S.S. _d._
Brighton 13 Nov. 1882. _Journal of Institute of Actuaries_
(_April 1883_) 17–19.
JEMMETT, WILLIAM THOMAS (eld. son of Edward Jemmett of Lincoln’s
inn, barrister). _b._ 1799; ed. at Winchester; barrister M.T. 10
Nov. 1820; recorder of Kingston on Thames 1831 to death; comr.
of bankrupts for Manchester district 21 Oct. 1842 to 31 Dec.
1869 when granted sum of £1800 on abolition of office; author of
The acts relating to the administration of law in the courts of
equity 1830, 2 ed. 1836. _d._ Langhorn gardens, Folkestone 17
May 1875.
JENCKEN, FERDINAND EDWARD. _b._ blind 1823; operated on for
cataract and obtained use of one eye 1841; ed. at King’s
coll. Lond.; M.R.C.P. Lond. 1853; M.D. St. Andrew’s 1853;
M.R.C.S. Eng. 1869; L.K.Q.C.P. Irel. and L.M. 1870; practised
at Londonderry; wrote many papers; author of The cholera, its
origin and treatment 1867; Vaccination impartially reviewed
1868; Essay on Beethoven’s Sonatas with Introductory sketch of
music 1871. _d._ of pyæmia, 22 Anglesey place, Kingston, Ireland
12 Jany. 1881. _Medical Times_, _i_ 112, 335 (1881).
JENCKEN, HENRY DIEDRICH (son of Johann Ferdinand Jencken, who
came to England as physician to Queen Adelaide). _b._ London
1828; barrister L.I. 30 April 1861; practised at Cape Town;
frequently retained in commercial cases; sec. to Association
for reform and codification of the law of nations, July or Aug.
1874 to death; the subject of a correspondence between Foreign
office and Spanish government in regard to outrages on him by
people of Lorca in Spain 20 July 1869, cause of outrages was
a superstition that he was a “tio del sain” or fat-monger who
butchered children to use the fat of their entrails to repair
telegraph wires; translated and wrote prefaces to Treatises
on Light, Colour, Electricity and Magnetism by his father
1869; author of The laws on negotiable securities 1880; A
compendium of the laws of bills of exchange and other negotiable
instruments 1880; author with Frederick Tomkins of A compendium
of modern Roman law 1870. _d._ 16 St. James’s st. Notting Hill,
London 26 Nov. 1881.
JENINGS, ELIZABETH JANET (2 dau. of rev. William Plues of
Ripon, Yorks.) _b._ 1818; (_m._ Edmund John Jenings of Fir
Trees, Hawkhurst, Kent); author of My Good-for-Nothing brother:
a novel. By Wyckliffe Lane [1862], new ed. 1863, which was a
success; Thyra Gascoigne 3 vols. 1863, 3 ed. 1863. Fourth ed.
was under title of John Douglas’s Vow 1867. _d._ Hawkhurst 23
Aug. 1863.
JENKIN, HENRIETTA CAMILLA (only dau. of Robert Jackson, custos
rotulorum of Kingston, Jamaica). _b._ Jamaica 8 Feb. 1807.
(_m._ 1832 Charles Jenkin who entered R.N. 1814, commander 9
Nov. 1846, _d._ 5 Feb. 1885); lived in Paris 1847–8, Genoa
1848–51 and Edinburgh 1868 to death; author of Violet Bank and
its inmates 3 vols. 1856; Cousin Stella 3 vols. 1859, another
ed. 1862; Who breaks pays 2 vols. 1861; Skirmishing 1862; Once
and again 1865; A Psyche of to-day 1868; Madame de Beaufrés
1869, the above are all anonymous; Two French marriages 3 vols.
1868; Within an ace 1869; Jupiter’s daughters 1874, and of Une
vieille fille, in the Revue des deux mondes; was paralysed for
last ten years of her life. _d._ Edinburgh 8 Feb. 1885. _R. L.
Stevenson’s Memoir of F. Jenkin_, _i pp. xxiii etc._, _cliii
etc._, _portrait_; _O’Byrne’s Naval Biog. Dict._ (1849) 580;
_Times 17 Feb. 1885 p._ 10.
JENKIN, HENRY CHARLES FLEEMING (son of preceding). _b._
Stowting court near Dungeness 25 March 1833; ed. at Jedburgh
gram. sch. and Edinburgh academy; studied at Genoa univ. 1849,
M.A.; apprenticed to sir W. Fairbairn, mechanical engineer,
Manchester 1851; engineer in London, in partnership with H. C.
Forde 1861–8, afterwards an electrician; fitted out submarine
telegraph cables 1858–73; professor of engineering in Univ.
coll. London 1865–8, in Univ. of Edin. 1868 to death; F.R.S.
1 June 1865; M.I.C.E. 18 Feb. 1868; invented telpherage or
the automatic transport of heavy goods by electricity 1882,
a telpher line was opened at Glynde near Lewes 17 Nov. 1885;
patented 35 inventions; author of Bridges. A treatise on their
construction and history 1876; Electricity and magnetism 3 ed.
1870; Healthy houses 1878; Scenes from the Agamemnon. Arranged
by F. Jenkin 1880. _d._ 3 Great Stuart st. Edinburgh 12 June
1885. _H. C. F. Jenkin’s Papers literary and scientific 2 vols._
(1887), _Memoir in i pp. xi–clxx_, _portrait_; _W. Hole’s Quasi
Cursores_ (1884) 105–11, _portrait_; _Min. of proc. of Instit.
of C.E. lxxxii_ 365–77 (1885); _Proc. of Royal Soc. xxxix_ 1–3
(1886).
JENKINS, DAVID JAMES (3 son of John Jenkins of Haverfordwest).
_b._ 1824; ed. Teignmouth gram. sch.; served in mercantile
marine; commanded a troopship in the Baltic 1854–5; merchant
and shipowner of firm of Jenkins & Co. 17 Lime st. London; M.P.
Penryn and Falmouth 1874–86; contested Harwich 17 Nov. 1868.
_d._ Torquay 26 Feb. 1891.
JENKINS, FRANCIS (2 son of rev. Francis Jenkins 1756–1839, V. of
St. Clement, Cornwall). _b._ St. Clement 4 Aug. 1793; entered
Bengal army 1809; comr. at Assam 28 Jany. 1834 to 1861; retired
M.G. 31 Dec. 1861; wrote many papers in scientific journals.
_d._ Gowhatty, Assam 28 Aug. 1866. _Boase and Courtney’s Bibl.
Cornub._ (1874–82) 273, 1247.
JENKINS, GEORGE THOMAS (youngest son of William Kinnaird Jenkins
of Abbotts Langley, Herts.) _b._ 1819; barrister M.T. 8 Nov.
1844; counsel to the governors of queen Anne’s bounty 1869–78;
principal sec. to sir G. Jessel master of the rolls 1873–8; a
clerk of records and writs chancery division 1878–9; a master of
supreme court of judicature 1879–89; author of Are our bishops
to be stipendiary? A few observations on the ecclesiastical
commission 1859. _d._ Franklands, Burgess hill, Sussex 10 March
1890.
JENKINS, HENRY (son of rev. Henry Jenkins of Midhurst, Sussex).
_b._ Midhurst 1786 or 1787; ed. at Magd. hall, Oxf., B.A. 1806,
M.A. 1809, B.D. 1827; demy of Magd. coll. 1803–27; master of
his college school 22 Jany. 1810 to 25 March 1828; probationary
fellow of Magd. coll. 1827–31, vice pres. 1829, dean of divinity
1830; R. of Stanway, Essex 27 March 1830 to death, redeemed
the land tax of the rectory at his own expense for benefit of
his successors; instituted the Magdalen cricket club, for many
years only society of the kind in the Univ. except the old
Bullingdon club; presented his large and valuable collection of
books to the Colchester museum 1869; author of Colchester Castle
built by a colony of Romans 1853, Appendix 1853; translated The
history of Eudo Dapifer, with an introduction and notes 1860.
_d._ 3 Aug. 1874. _J. R. Bloxam’s Register of Magdalen college,
Oxford_, _iii_ 262–8 (1863), _vii_ 153–4 (1881).
JENKINS, HENRY. _b._ 1832; H. Jenkins having expressed his
disbelief in the personality of the devil was refused the Holy
Communion by the rev. Flavell Smith Cook vicar of Ch. Ch.
Clifton 1875, this led to the case of Jenkins _v._ Cook which
was ultimately settled by the judicial committee of the privy
council 16 Feb. 1876 in favor of plaintiff’s right to demand
the communion in his own parish church, Cook then resigned his
living; author of Scraps in prose and verse 1864; Prayers for
a week 1865; Selections from the Old and New Testament 1865;
Selections from the works of Jeremy Taylor 1876. _d._ 3 Vyvyan
terrace, Clifton park, Clifton 16 May 1881. _J. Latimer’s Annals
of Bristol_ (1887) 482–3; _The Times 26 May 1881 p._ 12; _Law
Reports: 4 Admiralty and Ecclesiastical_ (1875) 463–99 _and 1
Probate Division_ (1876) 80–107.
JENKINS, HENRY MICHAEL (eld. child of John Jenkin of Ely Mills,
Llandaff, miller). _b._ Fairwater cottage, Ely Mills 30 June
1840; ed. at Mr. Browning’s sch. near Bath 1850–4; assistant
in library and museum of Geol. Soc. Somerset house, London,
assistant sec., librarian and curator 1862 to 31 Dec. 1868;
sec. of Royal Agricultural Soc. and editor of its Journal 1
Jany. 1869 to death, wrote 26 papers in the Journal 1869–86;
assist. comr. on agricultural interests 1881, wrote reports on
agriculture of North of France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark
1882; assistant comr. on technical education 1882, wrote report
on Agricultural education in North of Europe 1882. _d._ The
Limes, New Barnet 24 Dec. 1886. _Journal of Royal Agricultural
Soc. April 1887 pp._ 168–213; _The Field_, _lxix_ 27, 293, 329,
506 (1887).
JENKINS, REV. JOHN DAVID (1 son of Wm. David Jenkin of Merthyr
Tydvil _d._ 1834). _b._ Merthyr Tydvil 30 Jany. 1828; ed. Jesus
coll. Oxf., B.A. 1850, M.A. 1852, B.D. 1859, D.D. 1871; fellow
of Jesus 1849 to death; minister at Pieter-Maritzburg 1853, and
canon of cathedral ch. there 1856–60; chaplain to the forces in
Natal 1853–9; dean of Jesus coll. 1865, junior bursar 1866; V.
of Aberdare 1870 to death; chairman South Wales choral union;
president of the Amalgamated Soc. of railway servants 1873;
author of The age of the martyrs, or the first three centuries
of the work of the church 1869, new ed. 1884; Passages in church
history selected from the MSS. of J. D. J.: with a brief memoir
of the author 2 vols. 1879. _d._ Aberdare 9 Nov. 1876.
JENKINS, JOSEPH JOHN (son of an engraver). _b._ London 1811;
engraved many portraits and plates; drew illustrations for the
annuals; associate of New Water-colour Soc. 1842, member 1843–7,
exhibited 57 drawings at their exhibitions; associate of Old
Water-colour Soc. of painters in 1847, member 10 June 1850 to
1884, sec. 1854–64, exhibited 271 drawings at their exhibitions,
collected materials for history of the Society from 1852,
completed and published by J. L. Roget 1891; instituted press
private views of exhibitions of pictures 1863; F.S.A. 3 June
1875. _d._ 67 Hamilton terrace, St. John’s Wood, London 9 March
1885. _J. L. Roget’s History of Old water-colour Soc. ii_ 328–35
(1891); _I.L.N. lxxxvi_ 327 (1885), _portrait_.
JENKINS, PHILIP. _b._ Dale, Pembrokeshire 1854; ed. at
International sch. of architecture; held an appointment in
Lloyd’s, London to 1886; professor of naval architecture and
marine engineering, Glasgow univ. 1886 to death. _d._ Llawrenny
Kelvinside, Glasgow 13 June 1891.
JENKINS, SIR RICHARD (eld. son of Richard Jenkins of Bicton
hall, Salop 1760–97). _b._ Cruckton near Shrewsbury 18 Feb.
1785; a writer on Bombay establishment 1798, went to India
1800; first assistant at court of Dowlut Rao Scindia 1804,
acting resident Nov. 1804; a scholar in many languages; acting
resident and resident at Nagpore 1807–27, present in the battle
of Sitabaldi 26–27 Nov. 1817; Appa Saheb was deposed 1818 and
Jenkins governed Nagpore 1818–27, retired on the annuity fund
1 May 1828; a director of H.E.I.C. 27 June 1832 to April 1851,
deputy chairman 1838, chairman 1839; G.C.B. 20 July 1838 the
first time conferred on anyone in Indian C.S. below rank of a
governor; M.P. Shrewsbury 1830–3, 1837–41; D.C.L. Oxf. 1834;
author of A report on the territories of the rajah of Nagpore
1827. _d._ Gothic cottage, Blackheath, Kent 30 Dec. 1853.
_bur._ Bicton. _G.M. Feb. 1854 pp._ 197–9; _Colebrooke’s Life
of Mountstuart Elphinstone_ (1884) _i_ 131 _etc._, 151 _etc._;
_Extracts from documents referring to services of Mr. Jenkins_
(1827).
JENKINS, RICHARD (eld. son of the preceding). _b._ 1 July 1828;
cornet 5 Bengal cavalry 6 April 1846; major 5 Bengal European
cavalry 25 Oct. 1866; commander of 1 Bengal cavalry 1 April 1876
to death. _d._ Rawul Pindee, Punjaub 9 Sep. 1880.
JENKINS, WILLIAM (eld. son of Wm. Jenkins of the treasury,
Dublin castle). _b._ 1805; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1826,
M.A. 1832, LL.B. and LL.D. 1856; student of Inner Temple; called
to Irish bar 1829; Q.C. 11 Feb. 1860; retired from practice
1863. _d._ Clifton court near Bristol 22 Jany. 1874.
JENKINSON, SIR CHARLES, 10 Baronet (eld. son of col. John
Jenkinson, M.P., _d._ 1805). _b._ 23 Feb. 1779; M.P. for Dover 6
Nov. 1806 to 10 June 1818; succeeded to baronetcy 3 Sep. 1851 on
death of his cousin Charles Jenkinson 3 earl of Liverpool. _d._
Paris 6 March 1855.
JENKINSON, SIR GEORGE SAMUEL, 11 Baronet (son of John Banks
Jenkinson 1781–1840, bishop of St. David’s). _b._ Worcester 27
Sep. 1817; ed. at Winchester; 2 lieut. rifle brigade 31 Jany.
1834; lieut. 68 foot 1841; capt. 8 hussars 1843, sold out 27
March 1846; succeeded his uncle sir C. Jenkinson 1855; sheriff
of Gloucestershire 1862; contested North Wilts. 1865, Nottingham
1866; M.P. North Wilts. 21 Nov. 1868 to 24 March 1880. _d._
Eastwood park, Gloucs. 19 Jany. 1892.
JENKINSON, HENRY (eld. son of lieut. general John Jenkinson).
_b._ 1790; entered navy Oct. 1806; captain 7 June 1814, retired
1 Oct. 1846; retired admiral 16 June 1862. _d._ Weymouth 7 Jany.
1868.
JENKINSON, JOHN SIMON (2 son of John Jenkinson of Kensington,
London). _b._ 1798; ed. at Magd. hall, Oxf., B.A. 1827, M.A.
1829; R. of Sudbourne, Suffolk 1831–4; P.C. of St. Mary in the
Castle, Hastings 1834–47; V. of Battersea, Surrey with Ch. Ch.
coll. Winchester 29 May 1847 to death; author of A collection
of psalms and hymns 1837; Confirmation, an address 1837, 2 ed.
1860; Marriage with a deceased wife’s sister not forbidden by
the word of God 1849. _d._ 24 Spencer road, Battersea rise,
London 17 Oct. 1871.
JENKS, GEORGE SAMUEL. _b._ 1789; studied at St. George’s
hospital; surgeon in the army; M.D. Edin. 1821; F.R.C.P. Lond.
1845; in practice at Brighton; president Brighton and Sussex
Medico-Chirur. Soc. 1849; in practice at Bath from 1856; author
of Medical observations on the factitious German mineral waters
at Brighton 1840. _d._ 18 Circus, Bath 7 Feb. 1882. _Proc. Med.
Chir. soc. ix_ 134 (1882).
JENKYNS, HENRY (son of rev. John Jenkyns, Vicar of Evercreech,
Somerset, _d._ 1824). _b._ 1796; ed. at Eton and C.C. coll.
Oxf., scholar 1813–18, double 1st class 1816; fellow of Oriel
coll. 1818–35, treasurer 1831; B.A. 1817, M.A. 1819, B.D. and
D.D. 1841; professor of Greek, Durham univ. 1833–41 and of
divinity 1841–65; canon residentiary of Durham 21 Oct. 1839 to
death; editor of The Remains of T. Cranmer collected 4 vols.
1833; author of A lecture on the advantages of classical studies
1834. _d._ Botley hill, Southampton 2 April 1878. _Academy_, _i_
322 (1878); _Times 11 April 1878 p._ 5.
JENKYNS, RICHARD (brother of rev. Henry Jenkyns 1796–1878).
_b._ Evercreech, Somerset 1783; ed. at Balliol coll. Oxf.,
fellow 1802–19, tutor 1813–19, bursar 1814, master 23 April
1819 to death, Balliol scholarships were thrown open in 1828;
B.A. 1804, M.A. 1806, B.D. and D.D. 1819, master of the schools
1809, public examiner 1811–12, vice chancellor 1824–28; V. of
Evercreech, Somerset 1822–40; preb. of Wells cath. 1824–45;
R. of Dinder, Somerset 1824–46; dean of Wells 4 June 1845 to
death; one of the 6 doctors who condemned Pusey’s sermon in
1843; founder of the modern greatness of Balliol college. _d._
Balliol college, Oxford 6 March 1854. _bur._ Wells 13 March; by
his will founded 2 exhibitions of £100 at Balliol. _G.M. xli_
425–6 (1854); _G. V. Cox’s Recollections of Oxford 2 ed._ (1870)
209–11; _The Month_, _Jany. 1866 pp._ 50–9.
JENKYNS, WILLIAM (son of Mr. Jenkyns, inspector of buildings,
Aberdeen). _b._ Aberdeen 23 Aug. 1847; ed. Aberdeen univ., B.A.
1868, M.A.; assist. commissioner Multan 1871; learnt the Pushto,
Baluchi and Persian languages; interpreter and sec. to sir L.
Pelly in his conference with Amir of Afghanistan 1876; political
officer with sir S. Browne’s division in Afghan war 1878; rode
120 miles in 13 hours with despatches from Gandamuk to Peshawar,
May 1878, returning on third day to Gandamuk; C.I.E.; first
assist. political officer with sir L. Cavagnari; _murdered_ at
Cabul 3 Sep. 1878. _Shadbolt’s Afghan campaign. Biog. Div._
(1882) 112–4, _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxv_ 256 (1879), _portrait_.
JENNER, EDWARD. _b._ 13 March 1803; traveller for Messrs.
Baxter, printers, Lewes, and owners of the Sussex Express; made
collections of fresh water algæ and of moths, beetles and other
insects; A.L.S. 1838; author of A Flora of Tunbridge Wells 1845;
furnished the drawings to The British desmidieæ. By J. Ralfs
1848. _d._ Lewes 13 March 1872. _The Gardeners’ Chronicle_
(1872) 398; _Proc. Linnean Soc._ (1871–2) 69.
JENNER, ROBERT FITZHARDINGE (2 son of Edward Jenner, M.D., the
introducer of vaccination 1749–1823). _b._ 1797; vaccinated by
his father 12 April 1798; ed. at Ex. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1819, M.A.
1822; lieut. col. royal south Gloucester militia 29 Sep. 1842 to
death. _d._ Berkeley, Gloucs. 16 March 1854 aged 56. _J. Baron’s
Life of Edward Jenner_, _i_ 147, _ii_ 44–9 (1827–38).
JENNER, STEPHEN. _b._ Kent; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cambridge,
B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839; C. of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex 1835–42;
C. of Camden ch. Camberwell 1850–7; C. in charge of Bekesbourne,
Canterbury 1874 to death; author of The doctrine of the holy
eucharist. By Theophilus Secundus 1854; Truth’s conflicts and
truth’s triumphs, essays 1854; The Holy Child, poems 1867;
Quicksands or fallacies in belief and worship 1875; The three
witnesses, or scepticism met by fact 1879. _d._ Walmer 7 Nov.
1880.