David James Jenkins (1824 - 26 February 1891) was a Welsh shipowner and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1874 to 1886. Jenkins was the son of John Jenkins of Haverfordwest and his wife Mary Evans daughter of John Evans. He was educated at Teignmouth Grammar School. He served for several years in the merchant navy and in 1854 and 1855 commanded a troop ship in the Baltic. In 1860, he founded the firm of Jenkins & Co in London which began owning ships in 1861 and sailed mainly to India and the Far East. He contested

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at the 1868 general election, without success. At the 1874 general election Jenkins was elected as a

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(MP) for Penryn and Falmouth.Craig, Election results 1832–1885, page 236 He held the seat until the 1886 general election, when he was defeated by the

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candidate William Cavendish-Bentinck. Jenkins died at the age of 66.

Family

Jenkins married firstly Bessie Howe, daughter of Rev. John Howe of Cork, in 1851 and secondly Alice Nash of Malvern Wells in 1877. His nephew Edward Jenkins was a barrister, novelist and MP for Dundee.

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* 1824 births 1891 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Penryn and Falmouth UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1874–1880 Welsh businesspeople in shipping 19th-century Welsh businesspeople {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub