John Jenkinson (bishop)
John Jenkinson | |
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Thomas Burgess | |
Successor | Connop Thirlwall |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 7 July 1840 Great Malvern | (aged 58)
Spouse | Frances Augusta Pechell |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
John Banks Jenkinson (2 September 1781 – 7 July 1840) was an English bishop who was the
Life
The second son of
Jenkinson was educated at Winchester College, where he was elected scholar in 1793. On 22 December 1800 he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduated B.A. in 1804 and proceeded M.A. in 1807 and D.D. in 1817. He became a prebendary of Worcester Cathedral on 30 August 1808, rector of Leverington, Cambridgeshire, on 8 July 1812, Dean of Worcester on 28 November 1817 and Master of St. Oswald's Hospital, Worcester, on 8 January 1818.[1] During his time as master, the hospital's running came under scrutiny.[2]
On 23 July 1825, Jenkinson was elected Bishop of St David's, and on 4 August 1825 was appointed canon of
He died at Great Malvern on 7 July 1840, and was buried in Worcester Cathedral. Jenkinson maintained a school for the children of the poor at Carmarthen, which usually contained 150 scholars. He published some sermons.[1]
Family
He married, on 8 April 1813, Frances Augusta, daughter of Augustus Pechell of
References
- ^ a b c d e Archbold 1892.
- ^ "Hospitals: Worcester | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, Part One 1829–1859 (1987), p. 31.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Archbold, William Arthur Jobson (1892). "Jenkinson, John Banks". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.