Sir Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Baronet (c. 1655 – 1710), of Walcot, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, and

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, was an English landowner and

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politician who sat in the English and

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between 1689 and 1710.

Early life

Jenkinson was the eldest son of Sir Robert Jenkinson, 1st Baronet, of Walcot, and his wife Mary Bankes, daughter of Sir John Bankes of

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, Dorset. He matriculated at

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, on 11 November 1671, aged 17 and was admitted at

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in 1672. In 1677, he succeeded to the

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on the death of his father. From 1679 to 1680, he was Commissioner for assessment for Oxfordshire. He was a freeman of Woodstock in 1680 and a Justice of the Peace for Oxfordshire from 1680 to March 1688. He was deputy lieutenant for Oxfordshire from 1681 to February 1688. He married Sarah Tomlins, daughter of Thomas Tomlins, Grocer, of London and Bromley, Middlesex on 14 February 1684. He was freeman of Oxford in 1684 and restored as Justice of the Peace for Oxfordshire in October 1688.

Career

Jenkinson was returned as Member of Parliament for

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at the 1689 English general election. He was also restored as deputy lieutenant for Oxfordshire and was Commissioner for assessment for Oxfordshire and Oxford in 1689. He was returned again for Oxfordshire in a contest at the

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and was returned unopposed at the

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. He did not sign the

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in 1696 and lost his places as Deputy lieutenant and Justice of the Peace. He voted against fixing the price of

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at 22 shillings in March 1696 and voted against the

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of Sir John Fenwick on 25 November 1696. He was returned for Oxfordshire again at the

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in a keenly-fought contest. He was restored as JP for Oxfordshire and Oxford in 1700 for the rest of his life. He was returned unopposed again at the first general election of 1701 but was blacklisted at the dissolution for opposing preparations for war with the French. He was returned again unopposed at the second general election of 1701 and supported the motion to vindicate the Commons’ proceedings in impeaching the former Whig ministers on 26 February 1702. In1702 he became deputy lieutenant for Oxfordshire, for the rest of his life. He was unopposed again at the

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and voted for the

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on 28 November 1704. At the

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he was returned again unopposed and voted against the Court candidate for Speaker on 25 October 1705. He was returned again as a Tory, at the

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Death and legacy

Jenkinson's wife died on 8 August 1709. He died on 30 January 1710, and was buried at Charlbury. He had nine sons and five daughters and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son

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References

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