John Banks Jenkinson (2 September 1781 – 7 July 1840) was an English bishop who was the

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from 1825.

Life

The second son of John Jenkinson, by Frances, daughter of Rear-admiral John Barker of Guildford, he was born at

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on 2 September 1781. His father was the brother of

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, a colonel in the army, joint secretary for Ireland and gentleman-usher to

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; he died on 1 May 1805. Jenkinson was educated at

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, where he was elected scholar in 1793. On 22 December 1800 he matriculated at

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, graduated B.A. in 1804 and proceeded M.A. in 1807 and D.D. in 1817. He became a prebendary of

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on 30 August 1808, rector of

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, on 8 July 1812,

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on 28 November 1817 and

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of St. Oswald's Hospital,

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, on 8 January 1818. During his time as master, the hospital's running came under scrutiny. On 23 July 1825, Jenkinson was elected Bishop of St David's, and on 4 August 1825 was appointed canon of

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. On 13 June 1827 he became

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, and held the deanery, then worth £9,000 a year, with his bishopric for the remainder of his life.Described by

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of 1832.

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on 7 July 1840, and was buried in Worcester Cathedral. Jenkinson maintained a school for the children of the poor at

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, which usually contained 150 scholars. He published some sermons.

Family

He married, on 8 April 1813, Frances Augusta, daughter of Augustus Pechell of

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, and by her left two sons and two daughters. The eldest son, George Samuel Jenkinson, succeeded his uncle, Sir Charles, as eleventh baronet in 1855. A granddaughter was Viscountess Maidstone who funded much of the early twentieth century restoration and whose tomb lies in the Cathedral.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkinson, John 1781 births 1840 deaths Bishops of St Davids Deans of Durham Deans of Worcester 19th-century Welsh Anglican bishops Burials at Worcester Cathedral Clergy from Winchester