John Banks Jenkinson (2 September 1781 – 7 July 1840) was an English bishop who was the

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from 1825.

Life

The second son of John Jenkinson, by Frances, daughter of Rear-admiral John Barker of Guildford, he was born at Winchester on 2 September 1781. His father was the brother of

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, a colonel in the army, joint secretary for Ireland and gentleman-usher to

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; he died on 1 May 1805. Jenkinson was educated at

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, 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

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on 30 August 1808, rector of

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, on 8 July 1812,

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on 28 November 1817 and

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of St. Oswald's Hospital,

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, on 8 January 1818. During his time as master, the hospital's running came under scrutiny. On 23 July 1825, Jenkinson was elected Bishop of St David's, and on 4 August 1825 was appointed canon of Durham Cathedral. On 13 June 1827 he became

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, and held the deanery, then worth £9,000 a year, with his bishopric for the remainder of his life.Described by

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of 1832.

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on 7 July 1840, and was buried in Worcester Cathedral. Jenkinson maintained a school for the children of the poor at

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, which usually contained 150 scholars. He published some sermons.

Family

He married, on 8 April 1813, Frances Augusta, daughter of Augustus Pechell of Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, and by her left two sons and two daughters. The eldest son, George Samuel Jenkinson, succeeded his uncle, Sir Charles, as eleventh baronet in 1855. A granddaughter was the Countess of Maidstone who funded much of the early twentieth century restoration and whose tomb lies in the Cathedral.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkinson, John Banks 1781 births 1840 deaths Bishops of St Davids Deans of Durham Deans of Worcester 19th-century Welsh Anglican bishops Burials at Worcester Cathedral Clergy from Winchester