Herbert Jenner-Fust

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Sir Herbert Jenner-Fust, engraving by William Walker after Frederick Yeates Hurlstone.

Sir Herbert Jenner-Fust (born Herbert Jenner; 1778–1852), was an English judge and Dean of the Arches.

Early life

Jenner-Fust, surname initially Jenner, was the second son of Robert Jenner of

Glamorganshire. He was born in the parish of St. Gregory, near St Paul's Cathedral, in the City of London, on 4 February 1778. He was educated under Richard Valpy at Reading and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated LL.B. in 1798, and LL.D. in 1803.[1]

Legal career

He was

privy councillors
.

He assumed the additional surname of Fust on 14 January 1842 on succeeding to Hill Court, Gloucestershire, and Capenor Court, Somersetshire, which had belonged to his deceased cousin, Sir John Fust. The fellows of

Gorham case, Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter. In this case, which lasted three years (1847–50), Henry Phillpotts, charging the clergyman George Cornelius Gorham with heresy, refused to institute him to the vicarage of Brampford Speke
, Devonshire. In the end Gorham was instituted on 7 August 1850, under an order made by the dean of the arches. Fust's decree of 2 August 1849 in this matter was the subject of much debate, and led to the publication of at least eighty pamphlets.

Later life and death

In his latter days he became so infirm that he had to be carried in and out of his court by two footmen. He was an authority on international law, on which he was consulted by politicians.

Jenner-Fust died at 1 Chesterfield Street, Mayfair, London, 20 February 1852, and was buried in the family vault at St. Nicholas, Chislehurst, Kent, on 26 February.

Family

He married on 14 September 1803 Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant-General

1874 FA Cup Final.[3]

Jenner-Fust was the grandfather of Henry Jenner.[4]

Publications

The names of Fust and of Jenner-Fust are found in print in connection with the following cases:

  • ‘A Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury in Refutation of Opinions delivered in the case of Breeks v. Woolfrey respecting Praying for the Dead,’ 1839.
  • ‘The Indeterminateness of Unauthorised Baptism occasioned by the Decision in the case of Mastin v. Escott,’ 1841.
  • ‘Report of the Trial of Doe on the demise of H. F. Bather, plaintiff, and Brayne and J. Edwards, defendants, with reference to the will of W. Brayne,’ 1848.
  • ‘Notices of the late Judgment in the case of Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter; by J. King,’ 1849.
  • ‘The Sacrament of Baptism considered in reference to the Judgment of Sir H. Jenner-Fust; by H. Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter,’ 1849.
  • ‘Gorham, clerk, against the Bishop of Exeter; the Judgment delivered in the Arches Court,’ 1849.
  • ‘Review of the Judgment in the case of Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter; by the Editor of the “Christian Observer,” i.e. William Goode, jun.,’ 1850.
  • ‘A Medical Man, Dr. S. Ashwell, obtains a Will from a sick Lady during the absence of her Husband, whom he deprives of 25,000l. Judgment of Sir H. Jenner-Fust,’ 1850.
  • ‘Judgment in the Prerogative Court in the cause Cursham v. Williams and Chouler,’ 1851.

References

  1. ^ "Jenner (post Jenner-Fust), Herbert (JNR792H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ "Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Jenner Fust". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  3. ^ "The Association Challenge Cup". The Times. No. 27951. London. 16 March 1874. col E, p. 5.
  4. ^ "Obituary: Mr. Henry Jenner (transcription)". The Times. No. 46750. London. 10 May 1934. p. 19; col A. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Fust, Herbert Jenner-". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Academic offices
Preceded by Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
1843–1852 		Succeeded by
Thomas Charles Geldart
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