Sir Henry Jenkyns (2 September 1838 – 10 December 1899) was an English lawyer and parliamentary counsel. Jenkyns was the son of Rev. Canon Henry Jenkyns, D.D., of Durham. Educated at Eton and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

; B.A., 1860 (First Class ''Lit. Hum.''); called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1863; Assistant Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, 1869–86, when he succeeded Lord Thring as Parliamentary Counsel. He married, in 1877, Madeline Sabine, daughter of Admiral Sir

Thomas Sabine Pasley Admiral Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, 2nd Baronet, (26 December 1804 – 13 February 1884) was an English officer of the British Royal Navy during the nineteenth century who never saw action but served across the globe in numerous positions. A career ...

. On 10 December 1899, he died at Bracknell, aged 59.

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