Sir Maurice Jenks, 1st Baronet, (25 November 1872 – 19 May 1946) was the 604th

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from 1931–1932.

Life and career

Memorial tablet to Sir Maurice Jenks in St Lawrence Jewry

The son of Robert Isaac Jenks and Frances ''née'' Garnett, of Warrington, Lancashire, he qualified as a chartered accountant (FCA). Managing Partner of Maurice Jenks, Percival & Co. (Chartered Accountants), he was elected as a Common Councilman for

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in 1910 and served as

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for the

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in the

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from his election in 1923. He was elected a

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for 1930-31 and as

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for 1931–32. He was knighted in 1931 and created a Baronet, of Cheape, City of London on 8 October 1932. Jenks served on the Post Office Advisory Committee and the Railway Rates Committee and was conferred with an Hon LLD by

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, the Honorary Freedom of

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and of

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and '' Kommandør af 1. grad'' of the

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. He married firstly on 14 April 1903 Martha Louise Christabel (died 25 June 1938) youngest daughter of George Calley Smith of Bath and secondly on 6 January 1939 Constance Edith (died 25 May 1995) daughter of William Richard Currie, of Eden Park, Beckenham, Kent, and died 19 May 1946. He had 2 sons and a daughter and was succeeded as baronet by his eldest son Sir Richard Atherley Jenks, 2nd Baronet.

References

External links

www.haberdashers.co.uk

''Burke's Peerage & Baronetage'' online
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Life and career

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