Lord
Robert
Banks
"2nd Earl of Liverpool"
Jenkinson
PC KG MP
Born in London, England
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Jenkinson
and Amelia (Watts) Jenkinson
Husband of
Louisa Theodosia (Hervey) Jenkinson
— married
25 Mar 1795 (to 12 Jun 1821) in Wimbledon, London, England
Husband of
Mary (Chester) Jenkinson
— married
24 Sep 1822 (to 4 Dec 1828) [location unknown]
Died
at age 58
in Coombe Wood, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England
Profile last modified
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| Preceded by Spencer Perceval (1809–1812) |
22nd Prime Minister of Great Britain 1812-1827 |
Succeeded by George Canning (1827) |
Biography
Robert Jenkinson PC KG MP is Notable.
Robert was born on 07 Jun 1770 in London, England and was baptized on 29 June 1770 at St.Margaret's, Westminster, England. He was the son of Charles Jenkinson, who was King George III's closest advisor, and his wife Amelia Watts who died from the effects of child birth soon after.
He was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ Church in Oxford, England.
In the summer of 1789 he went to France to perfect his French.
In 1790 he was elected to the House of Commons for Rye. At first he was too young to take his seat, so he spent the winter and spring travelling the continent. He kept the seat until 1803. [1]
Robert Banks Jenkinson first married on 25 Mar 1795 in Wimbledon, London, England to Louisa Theodosia Hervey. [2]
With the death of his father in 1808 he became the second Earl of Liverpool.
On 08 June 1812 Robert Banks Jenkinson, KG PC MP became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, serving during the War of 1812, [3] the Congress of Vienna, and the Peterloo Massacre.
His wife, Louisa, died on 12 June 1821.
Robert Banks Jenkinson married secondly on 24 Sep 1822 to Mary Chester, who was an old friend of Louisa's.
He died from a third cerebral haemorrhage which on 04 Dec 1828 in Coombe Wood, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England. He was buried beside his father and first wife at the Hawkesbury Parish church in Gloucestershire, England.
He had no children so his heir was his half-brother, Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool.
- Space Page: List of Prime Minister of England and United Kingdom. (https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_England_and_United_Kingdom.&public=1)
Sources
- ↑ History of Parliament online for Hon. Robert Banks Jenkinson (1770-1828) of Coombe Wood, near Kingston, Surrey, England
- ↑ "England Marriages 1538–1973" on FamilySearch database (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N28K-ZQ1 : accessed 18 Mar 2016) citing FHL#0908518 item#4, 475669; m: 25 Mar 1795 Wimbledon, Surrey, England for Robert Banks Jenkinson and Louisa Theodosia Hervey
- ↑ 1812 The War that Forged a Nation 2004, Harper, perennial
- Wikipedia: Robert Jenkinson
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