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{{Short description|British politician}}
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{{Other people| Edward Jenkins }}
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[[File:Edward Jenkins Vanity Fair 1878-08-31.jpg|thumb|right|<center>"Ginx's Baby"<br>Jenkins as caricatured by Spy ([[Leslie Ward]]) in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|Vanity Fair]], August 1878</center>]]
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'''John Edward Jenkins''' (2 July 1838 – 4 June 1910),<ref>{{Rayment-hc|d|4|date=March 2012}}</ref> known as '''Edward Jenkins''' or '''J. Edward Jenkins''', was a barrister, author and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician in the United Kingdom. He was best known as an author of [[satire|satirical]] novels, and also served as the [[Agent-General]] of Canada, encouraging emigration to the new [[Dominion]]. He contested several parliamentary elections, but won only one, and sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] from 1874 to 1880.

[[File:Edward Jenkins Vanity Fair 1878-08-31.jpg|thumb|right|{{center|"Ginx's Baby"<br />Jenkins as caricatured by Spy ([[Leslie Ward]]) in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|Vanity Fair]], August 1878}}]]
'''John Edward Jenkins''' (2 July 1838 – 4 June 1910),<ref>{{Rayment-hc|d|4|date=March 2012}}</ref> known as '''Edward Jenkins''' or '''J. Edward Jenkins''', was a barrister, author and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician in the United Kingdom. He was best known as an author of [[satire|satirical]] novels, and also served as the [[Agent-General]] of Canada, encouraging emigration to the new [[Dominion]]. He contested several parliamentary elections, but won only one, and sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] from 1874 to 1880.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Jenkins was born in [[Bangalore]], Mysore, India,<ref name="quebec-encyc">{{cite web
Jenkins was born in [[Bangalore]], Mysore, India,<ref name="quebec-encyc">{{cite encyclopedia
|url=http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/JohnEdwardJenkins-QuebecHistory.htm
|url=http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/JohnEdwardJenkins-QuebecHistory.htm
|title=John Edward Jenkins
|title=John Edward Jenkins
|work=The Quebec History Encyclopedia
|encyclopedia=The Quebec History Encyclopedia
|accessdate=4 December 2010
|access-date=4 December 2010
}}</ref> the eldest son<ref name="quebec-encyc" /> of Rev. Dr. John Jenkins<ref name="times-new-members">{{cite news
}}</ref> the eldest son<ref name="quebec-encyc" /> of Rev. Dr. John Jenkins<ref name="times-new-members">{{cite news
|title=New Members
|title=New Members
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|work=[[The Times]]
|work=[[The Times]]
|page=6, col A
|page=6, col A
|accessdate=3 December 2010
|location=London
|location=London
}}</ref> (1813–1898),<ref name="canadabio">{{Canadabio|ID=6186|name=John Jenkins}}</ref> a minister of the [[Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society]] from 1837 to 1841. His father moved to Canada in 1847 as a [[Methodist]] minister, before becoming a [[Presbyterian]] minister in [[Philadelphia]] in 1853, and minister of a Presbyterian Church in [[Montreal]], Canada, from 1865.<ref name="canadabio" /><ref name="times-new-members" /> His mother was Harriet Shepstone of [[Mysore]].<ref name="canadabio" /><ref name="quebec-encyc" />
}}</ref> (1813–1898),<ref name="canadabio">{{Canadabio|ID=6186|name=John Jenkins}}</ref> a minister of the [[Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society]] from 1837 to 1841. His father moved to Canada in 1847 as a [[Methodist]] minister, before becoming a [[Presbyterian]] minister in [[Philadelphia]] in 1853, and minister of a Presbyterian Church in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada, from 1865.<ref name="times-new-members" /><ref name="canadabio" /> His mother was Harriet Shepstone of [[Mysore]].<ref name="quebec-encyc" /><ref name="canadabio" />


Edward's uncles included [[David James Jenkins]], the MP for Penryn and Falmouth, and Rev. Ebenezer Jenkins, the chairman of [[Wesleyan Indian Missions]].<ref name="times-new-members" />
Edward's uncles included [[David James Jenkins]], the MP for Penryn and Falmouth, and Rev. Ebenezer Jenkins, the chairman of [[Wesleyan Indian Missions]].<ref name="times-new-members" />
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|work=[[The Times]]
|work=[[The Times]]
|page=13, col D
|page=13, col D
|accessdate=4 December 2010
|location=London
|location=London
}}</ref> He then moved to London, where he studied law with a [[conveyancer]], Mr. Raymond,<ref name="times-obit" /> and was [[called to the bar]] at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in the [[Michaelmas term]], 1864.<ref name="times-new-members" /> He practised as a barrister on the [[Home Circuit]].<ref name="times-new-members" />
}}</ref> He then moved to London, where he studied law with a [[conveyancer]], Mr. Raymond,<ref name="times-obit" /> and was [[called to the bar]] at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in the [[Michaelmas term]], 1864.<ref name="times-new-members" /> He practised as a barrister on the [[Home Circuit]].<ref name="times-new-members" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
Jenkins made his name as the author of the [[satire]] ''Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes'', published in 1870.<ref name="quebec-encyc" /> The book described a child born in poverty who became the victim of rival philanthropists.<ref name="times-obit" />
Jenkins made his name as the author of the satire ''Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes'', published in 1870.<ref name="quebec-encyc" /> The book described a child born in poverty who became the victim of rival philanthropists.<ref name="times-obit" />


He wrote at least two other satires, ''Lord Bantam'' (1871) and ''Barney Geoghegan, M.P'' (1872).<ref name="quebec-encyc" /> The review of ''Lord Bantam'' in ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper in 1872 describes a political novel telling the story of a young nobleman of radical politics who enters Parliament supporting a redistribution of land and power, but who promptly abandons his radicalism when he inherits his father's peerage and large estates.<ref name="times-bantam">{{cite news
He wrote at least two other satires, ''Lord Bantam'' (1871) and ''Barney Geoghegan, M.P'' (1872).<ref name="quebec-encyc" /> The review of ''Lord Bantam'' in ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper in 1872 describes a [[political fiction|political novel]] telling the story of a young nobleman of radical politics who enters Parliament supporting a redistribution of land and power, but who promptly abandons his radicalism when he inherits his father's peerage and large estates.<ref name="times-bantam">{{cite news
|title=Lord Bantam
|title=Lord Bantam
|date=1 January 1872
|date=1 January 1872
|work=[[The Times]]
|work=[[The Times]]
|page=4, col A
|page=4, col A
|accessdate=3 December 2010
|location=London
|location=London
}}</ref> The reviewer denounces the book as a vehicle for "Red Republican opinions", and remarks that the author wants the reader to conclude that "the working classes need never expect to derive any permanent advancement from the Radical professions of young lords who have such a stake in the existing institutions of the country".<ref name="times-bantam" /> Jenkins supported the campaigns of the [[Warwickshire]] agricultural trade unionist [[Joseph Arch]], and his novel ''Little Hodge'' (1873) dealt with the plight of landless labourers in England.<ref name="times-obit" />
}}</ref> The reviewer denounces the book as a vehicle for "Red Republican opinions", and remarks that the author wants the reader to conclude that "the working classes need never expect to derive any permanent advancement from the Radical professions of young lords who have such a stake in the existing institutions of the country".<ref name="times-bantam" /> Jenkins supported the campaigns of the [[Warwickshire]] agricultural trade unionist [[Joseph Arch]], and his novel ''Little Hodge'' (1873) dealt with the plight of landless labourers in England.<ref name="times-obit" />


As well as the satires, Jenkins wrote a series of novels and many non-fiction-works, most of them relating to Canada.
As well as the satires, Jenkins wrote a series of novels and many non-fiction-works, most of them relating to Canada.
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|last=Craig
|last=Craig
|first=F. W. S.
|first=F. W. S.
|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig
|author-link= F. W. S. Craig
|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885
|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885
|origyear=1977
|orig-year=1977
|edition= 2nd
|edition= 2nd
|year=1989
|year=1989
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|location=Chichester
|id= ISBN 0-900178-26-4
|isbn= 0-900178-26-4
|page=313
|page=313
}}</ref> and [[Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee]] in August 1873.<ref name="craig-dundee">Craig, Election results 1832–1885, page 538</ref><ref>''The Times'' article "New Members" of 26 February 1874 says that he had also stood for [[Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stafford]], but Craig's elections results for Stafford do not list any Jenkins as a candidate between 1832 and 1885 (Craig, Election results 1832–1885, , pages 282–3)</ref>
}}</ref> and [[Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee]] in August 1873.<ref name="craig-dundee">Craig, Election results 1832–1885, page 538</ref><ref>''The Times'' article "New Members" of 26 February 1874 says that he had also stood for [[Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stafford]], but Craig's elections results for Stafford do not list any Jenkins as a candidate between 1832 and 1885 (Craig, Election results 1832–1885, pages 282–3)</ref>


He was elected a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1874|1874 general election]]<ref>{{London Gazette
He was elected a member of parliament (MP) for [[Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee]] at the [[1874 United Kingdom general election|1874 general election]]<ref>{{London Gazette
|issue= 24064
|issue= 24064
|date=10 February 1874
|date=10 February 1874
|startpage= 591
|page=591
}}</ref> The city was such a Liberal stronghold that its two seats were contested by four Liberals and one [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], and the lone Conservative came last of the five candidates.<ref name="craig-dundee" /> Jenkins won the seat despite being in America during the election<ref name="times-1874-03-03">{{cite news
|accessdate= 12 December 2010
|title=Members Out of Session
}}</ref> The city was such a Liberal stronghold that its two seats were contested by four Liberals and one [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], and the lone Conservative came last of the five candidates.<ref name="craig-dundee" /> Jenkins won the seat despite being in America during the election<ref name="times-1874-03-03">{{cite news
|title=Members Out Of Session
|date=3 March 1874
|date=3 March 1874
|work=The Times
|work=The Times
|page=7, col F
|page=7, col F
|accessdate=3 December 2010
|location=London
|location=London
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
in February, on a lecture tour,<ref name="times-new-members" /> when he was appointed as the agent-general of the [[Canadian Confederation|Dominion of Canada]].<ref name="times-new-members" /> His duties in that role were clarified to the [[House of Commons of Canada|Canadian House of Commons]] in May 1874 by the Canadian Prime Minister [[Alexander Mackenzie]], who said that Jenkins would have surveillance of the Canadian emigration business in London, would occasionally be asked to attended to other business of a confidential nature.<ref name="times-1874-05-26">{{cite news
in February, while on a lecture tour in Canada,<ref name="times-new-members" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=33&dat=18741024&id=u1IvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bSYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2698,6248715&hl=en|title = The Montreal Daily Witness - Google News Archive Search}}</ref> he was appointed as the agent-general of the [[Canadian Confederation|Dominion of Canada]].<ref name="times-new-members" /> His duties in that role were clarified to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in May 1874 by the Canadian Prime Minister [[Alexander Mackenzie (politician)|Alexander Mackenzie]], who said that Jenkins would have surveillance of the Canadian emigration business in London, would occasionally be asked to attend to other business of a confidential nature.<ref name="times-1874-05-26">{{cite news
|title=The Canadian Parliament
|title=The Canadian Parliament
|date=26 May 1874
|date=26 May 1874
|work=The Times
|work=The Times
|pages=4, col C
|pages=4, col C
|accessdate=4 December 2010
|location=London
|location=London
}}</ref> He would also be "expected to give some little attention to Canadian gentlemen sojourning in London".<ref name="times-1874-05-26" /> He held the post for two years.<ref name="quebec-encyc" />
}}</ref> He would also be "expected to give some little attention to Canadian gentlemen sojourning in London".<ref name="times-1874-05-26" /> He held the post for two years.<ref name="quebec-encyc" />
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On his return to Dundee in March, he addressed a meeting of electors in the Kinnaird Hall, Dundee. Between 2,000 and 3,000 people attended, with hundreds turned away because the hall was full.<ref name="times-1874-03-03" />
On his return to Dundee in March, he addressed a meeting of electors in the Kinnaird Hall, Dundee. Between 2,000 and 3,000 people attended, with hundreds turned away because the hall was full.<ref name="times-1874-03-03" />


Jenkins did not contest the [[United Kingdom general election, 1880|1880 general election]],<ref name="craig-dundee" /> but stood unsuccessfully at a by-election in January 1881 for [[Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh]].<ref>Craig, page 540</ref> He contested Dundee again at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1885|1885 general election]] as a Conservative, but was unsuccessful.<ref name="craig1885-1918">{{cite book
Jenkins did not contest the [[1880 United Kingdom general election|1880 general election]],<ref name="craig-dundee" /> but stood unsuccessfully at a by-election in January 1881 for [[Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh]].<ref>Craig, page 540</ref> He contested Dundee again at the [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]] and [[1892 United Kingdom general election|1892]] general elections as a Conservative, but was unsuccessful on both occasions.<ref name="craig1885-1918">{{cite book
|last=Craig
|last=Craig
|first=F. W. S.
|first=F. W. S.
|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig
|author-link= F. W. S. Craig
|title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918
|title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918
|origyear=1974
|orig-year=1974
|edition= 2nd
|edition= 2nd
|year=1989
|year=1989
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|location=Chichester
|id= ISBN 0-900178-27-2
|isbn= 0-900178-27-2
|page=495
|page=495
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
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== Works ==
== Works ==
{{Expand list|date=February 2011}}
{{Incomplete list|date=February 2011}}

=== Fiction ===
=== Fiction ===
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
| last = Jenkins
| last = Jenkins
| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = Ginx’s baby: his birth and other misfortunes
| title = Ginx's baby: his birth and other misfortunes
| url = https://archive.org/details/ginxsbabyhisbir01jenkgoog
| year = 1871
| year = 1871
| location = London
| location = London
| publisher = Strahan
| publisher = Strahan
| isbn =
| oclc =
| doi =
| bibcode =
| id =
}}
}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
| last = Jenkins
| last = Jenkins
| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = Barney Geoghegan, M.P and Home Rule at St. Stephen’s
| title = Barney Geoghegan, M.P and Home Rule at St. Stephen's
| year = 1872
| year = 1872
| location = London
| location = London
| publisher = Strahan
| publisher = Strahan
| isbn =
| oclc =
| doi =
| bibcode =
| id =
}}
}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
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| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = Lord Bantam: a satire
| title = Lord Bantam: a satire
| url = https://archive.org/details/lordbantamasati00jenkgoog
| type =
| edition = 3rd Canadian
| edition = 3rd Canadian
| series =
| volume =
| origyear =
| year = 1872
| year = 1872
| publisher = Dawson
| publisher = Dawson
| location = Montreal
| location = Montreal
| isbn =
}}
}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
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| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = Little Hodge
| title = Little Hodge
| url = https://archive.org/details/littlehodge1873jenk
| year = 1873
| year = 1873
| publisher = Dodd & Mead
| publisher = Dodd & Mead
| location = New York
| location = New York
| isbn =
| oclc =
| doi =
| bibcode =
| id =
}}
}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
| last = Jenkins
| last = Jenkins
| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = The devil’s chain
| title = The devil's chain
| url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.500259
| year = 1876
| year = 1876
| publisher = Dawson
| publisher = Dawson
| location = Montreal
| location = Montreal
| isbn =
| oclc =
| doi =
| bibcode =
| id =
}}
}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
| last = Jenkins
| last = Jenkins
| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = The captain’s cabin : a Christmas yarn
| title = Lutchmee and Dilloo : a study of West Indian life
| url = https://archive.org/details/lutchmeeanddill01dabygoog
| year = 1877
| publisher = Macmillan Education
| location = London
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Jenkins
| first = Edward
| title = The captain's cabin : a Christmas yarn
| url = https://archive.org/details/cihm_07430
| year = 1878
| year = 1878
| location = Montreal
| location = Montreal
| publisher = Dawson
| publisher = Dawson
| isbn =
| isbn = 9780665074301
| oclc =
| doi =
| bibcode =
| id =
}}
}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
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| location = London and Belfast
| location = London and Belfast
| publisher = Chilworth
| publisher = Chilworth
| isbn =
| oclc =
| doi =
| bibcode =
| id =
}}
}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
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| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = A week of passion, or, The dilemma of Mr. George Barton the younger : a novel
| title = A week of passion, or, The dilemma of Mr. George Barton the younger : a novel
| url = https://archive.org/details/cihm_37027
| year = c. 1885
| year = c. 1885
| publisher = G. Munro
| publisher = G. Munro
| location = New York
| location = New York
| isbn = 9780665370274
| language =
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| id =
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}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
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| location = London
| location = London
| publisher = Keegan Paul & Co
| publisher = Keegan Paul & Co
| isbn =
| oclc =
| doi =
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| id =
}}
}}


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| last = Stewart
| last = Stewart
| first = Alexander P.
| first = Alexander P.
| coauthors = Jenkins, Edward
|author2=Jenkins, Edward
| title = The medical and legal aspects of sanitary reform
| title = The medical and legal aspects of sanitary reform
| url = https://archive.org/details/b2148059x
| year = 1867
| year = 1867
| publisher = R. Hardwick
| publisher = R. Hardwick
| location = London
| location = London
| language =
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| doi =
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| id =
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}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
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| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = State emigration : an essay
| title = State emigration : an essay
| url = https://archive.org/details/cihm_23577
| year = 1869
| year = 1869
| publisher = E. Stanford
| publisher = E. Stanford
| location = London
| location = London
| isbn =
| isbn = 9780665235771
| oclc =
| doi =
| bibcode =
| id =
}}
}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
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| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = The colonial question : being essays on imperial federalism
| title = The colonial question : being essays on imperial federalism
| url = https://archive.org/details/cihm_07433
| type =
| edition = 2nd
| edition = 2nd
| origyear =
| year = 1871
| year = 1871
| publisher = Dawson Bros
| publisher = Dawson Bros
| location = Montreal
| location = Montreal
| isbn =
| isbn = 9780665074332
}}
}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
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| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = The coolie his rights and wrongs : notes of a journey to British Guiana, with a review of the system and of the recent commission of inquiry
| title = The coolie his rights and wrongs : notes of a journey to British Guiana, with a review of the system and of the recent commission of inquiry
| url = https://archive.org/details/cooliehisrights01jenkgoog
| year = 1871
| year = 1871
| location = London
| location = London
| publisher = Strahan
| publisher = Strahan
| isbn =
| oclc =
| doi =
| bibcode =
| id =
}}
}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
| editor = Jenkins, Edward
| editor = Jenkins, Edward
| title = Discussions on colonial questions: being a report of the proceedings of a conference held at Westminster Palace Hotel, on July 19th, 20th, and 21st, 1871
| title = Discussions on colonial questions: being a report of the proceedings of a conference held at Westminster Palace Hotel, on July 19th, 20th, and 21st, 1871
| url = https://archive.org/details/cihm_07435
| year = 1872
| year = 1872
| publisher = Strahan
| publisher = Strahan
| location = London
| location = London
| isbn = 9780665074356
| language =
| isbn =
| oclc =
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}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
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| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = The colonies and imperial unity, or, The "Barrel without the Hoops" : inaugural address delivered at the Conference on Colonial Questions held at Westminster Palace Hotel in London, July 19, 20 and 21, 1871
| title = The colonies and imperial unity, or, The "Barrel without the Hoops" : inaugural address delivered at the Conference on Colonial Questions held at Westminster Palace Hotel in London, July 19, 20 and 21, 1871
| url = https://archive.org/details/coloniesandimpe00jenkgoog
| edition = 2nd
| edition = 2nd
| year = 1871
| year = 1871
| publisher = Strahan
| publisher = Strahan
| location = London
| location = London
| isbn =
| oclc =
| doi =
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| id =
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}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
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| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = Glances at inner England : a lecture delivered in the United States and Canada
| title = Glances at inner England : a lecture delivered in the United States and Canada
| url = https://archive.org/details/cihm_08463
| trans_title = England of today
|trans-title=England of today
| year = 1874
| year = 1874
| publisher = H.S. King
| publisher = H.S. King
| location = London
| location = London
| isbn = 9780665084638
| language =
| isbn =
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}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
| last = Jenkins
| last = Jenkins
| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = “The Times” and Mr. Potter on Canadian railways : a criticism on critics
| title = "The Times" and Mr. Potter on Canadian railways : a criticism on critics
| url = https://archive.org/details/cihm_24006
| year = 1875
| year = 1875
| publisher = London : Pottle ; Montreal : B. Dawson
| publisher = London : Pottle; Montreal : B. Dawson
| isbn =
| isbn = 9780665240065
| oclc =
| doi =
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| id =
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}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
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| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = Canadian immigration in 1875 : report to the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, upon the position and prospects of immigration and with comparative statements of emigration from Great Britain during the past four years
| title = Canadian immigration in 1875 : report to the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, upon the position and prospects of immigration and with comparative statements of emigration from Great Britain during the past four years
| url = https://archive.org/details/canadianimmigrat00jenk
| year = 1875
| year = 1875
| publisher = Dawson
| publisher = Dawson
| location = London
| location = London
| isbn =
| oclc =
| doi =
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| id =
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}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
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| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = The great Dominion : an address by Edward Jenkins, Esq., M.P., agent general for Canada to the Manchester Reform Club
| title = The great Dominion : an address by Edward Jenkins, Esq., M.P., agent general for Canada to the Manchester Reform Club
| url = https://archive.org/details/greatdominion00jenk
| year = 1875
| year = 1875
| publisher = Dawson
| publisher = Dawson
| location = Montreal
| location = Montreal
| isbn =
| oclc =
| doi =
| bibcode =
| id =
}}
}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
| last = Jenkins
| last = Jenkins
| first = Edward
| first = Edward
| title = The blot on the Queen’s head : how little Ben, the head waiter, changed the sign of the "Queen’s Inn", ["]Empress Hotel Limited", and the consequences thereof, by a guest.
| title = The blot on the Queen's head : how little Ben, the head waiter, changed the sign of the "Queen's Inn", ["]Empress Hotel Limited", and the consequences thereof, by a guest.
| url = https://archive.org/details/blotonqueenshead00jenkuoft
| year = 1876
| year = 1876
| publisher = Strahan
| publisher = Strahan
| location = London
| location = London
| isbn =
| oclc =
| doi =
| bibcode =
| id =
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Latest revision as of 11:50, 11 May 2024

For other people named Edward Jenkins, see Edward Jenkins (disambiguation).

"Ginx's Baby"
Jenkins as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, August 1878

John Edward Jenkins (2 July 1838 – 4 June 1910),[1] known as Edward Jenkins or J. Edward Jenkins, was a barrister, author and Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was best known as an author of satirical novels, and also served as the Agent-General of Canada, encouraging emigration to the new Dominion. He contested several parliamentary elections, but won only one, and sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1880.

Early life[edit]

Jenkins was born in Bangalore, Mysore, India,[2] the eldest son[2] of Rev. Dr. John Jenkins[3] (1813–1898),[4] a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society from 1837 to 1841. His father moved to Canada in 1847 as a Methodist minister, before becoming a Presbyterian minister in Philadelphia in 1853, and minister of a Presbyterian Church in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 1865.[3][4] His mother was Harriet Shepstone of Mysore.[2][4]

Edward's uncles included David James Jenkins, the MP for Penryn and Falmouth, and Rev. Ebenezer Jenkins, the chairman of Wesleyan Indian Missions.[3]

He was educated in Montreal at the High School and at McGill University, and then at the University of Pennsylvania.[5] He then moved to London, where he studied law with a conveyancer, Mr. Raymond,[5] and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in the Michaelmas term, 1864.[3] He practised as a barrister on the Home Circuit.[3]

Career[edit]

Jenkins made his name as the author of the satire Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes, published in 1870.[2] The book described a child born in poverty who became the victim of rival philanthropists.[5]

He wrote at least two other satires, Lord Bantam (1871) and Barney Geoghegan, M.P (1872).[2] The review of Lord Bantam in The Times newspaper in 1872 describes a political novel telling the story of a young nobleman of radical politics who enters Parliament supporting a redistribution of land and power, but who promptly abandons his radicalism when he inherits his father's peerage and large estates.[6] The reviewer denounces the book as a vehicle for "Red Republican opinions", and remarks that the author wants the reader to conclude that "the working classes need never expect to derive any permanent advancement from the Radical professions of young lords who have such a stake in the existing institutions of the country".[6] Jenkins supported the campaigns of the Warwickshire agricultural trade unionist Joseph Arch, and his novel Little Hodge (1873) dealt with the plight of landless labourers in England.[5]

As well as the satires, Jenkins wrote a series of novels and many non-fiction-works, most of them relating to Canada.

He travelled in 1870 to Guiana on behalf of the English Benevolent Society, to "report of the condition of the coolies"[3] (i.e. indentured labourers). His report was published in 1871, and resulted in the improvement of their conditions.[5]

Jenkins stood for Parliament at two by-elections in the 1870s: Truro in September 1871,[7] and Dundee in August 1873.[8][9]

He was elected a member of parliament (MP) for Dundee at the 1874 general election[10] The city was such a Liberal stronghold that its two seats were contested by four Liberals and one Conservative, and the lone Conservative came last of the five candidates.[8] Jenkins won the seat despite being in America during the election[11] in February, while on a lecture tour in Canada,[3][12] he was appointed as the agent-general of the Dominion of Canada.[3] His duties in that role were clarified to the House of Commons of Canada in May 1874 by the Canadian Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie, who said that Jenkins would have surveillance of the Canadian emigration business in London, would occasionally be asked to attend to other business of a confidential nature.[13] He would also be "expected to give some little attention to Canadian gentlemen sojourning in London".[13] He held the post for two years.[2]

On his return to Dundee in March, he addressed a meeting of electors in the Kinnaird Hall, Dundee. Between 2,000 and 3,000 people attended, with hundreds turned away because the hall was full.[11]

Jenkins did not contest the 1880 general election,[8] but stood unsuccessfully at a by-election in January 1881 for Edinburgh.[14] He contested Dundee again at the 1885 and 1892 general elections as a Conservative, but was unsuccessful on both occasions.[15]

He died in London on 4 June 1910, having been paralysed for some years.[2]

Family[edit]

Like his father, Jenkins was a Presbyterian.[3]

In 1867 he married Hannah Matilda Johnstone, a daughter of William Johnson, of Belfast. They had five sons and two daughters.[2]

Works[edit]

Fiction[edit]

  • Jenkins, Edward (1871). Ginx's baby: his birth and other misfortunes. London: Strahan.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1872). Barney Geoghegan, M.P and Home Rule at St. Stephen's. London: Strahan.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1872). Lord Bantam: a satire (3rd Canadian ed.). Montreal: Dawson.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1873). Little Hodge. New York: Dodd & Mead.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1876). The devil's chain. Montreal: Dawson.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1877). Lutchmee and Dilloo : a study of West Indian life. London: Macmillan Education.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1878). The captain's cabin : a Christmas yarn. Montreal: Dawson. ISBN 9780665074301.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1878). Haverholme, or the Apotheosis of Jingo. A satire. London and Belfast: Chilworth.
  • Jenkins, Edward (c. 1885). A week of passion, or, The dilemma of Mr. George Barton the younger : a novel. New York: G. Munro. ISBN 9780665370274.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1886). A Secret of Two Lives. London: Keegan Paul & Co.

Non-fiction[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "John Edward Jenkins". The Quebec History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "New Members". The Times. London. 26 February 1874. p. 6, col A.
  4. ^ a b c "John Jenkins". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Mr. Edward Jenkins". The Times. London. 6 June 1910. p. 13, col D.
  6. ^ a b "Lord Bantam". The Times. London. 1 January 1872. p. 4, col A.
  7. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 313. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  8. ^ a b c Craig, Election results 1832–1885, page 538
  9. ^ The Times article "New Members" of 26 February 1874 says that he had also stood for Stafford, but Craig's elections results for Stafford do not list any Jenkins as a candidate between 1832 and 1885 (Craig, Election results 1832–1885, pages 282–3)
  10. ^ "No. 24064". The London Gazette. 10 February 1874. p. 591.
  11. ^ a b "Members Out of Session". The Times. London. 3 March 1874. p. 7, col F.
  12. ^ "The Montreal Daily Witness - Google News Archive Search".
  13. ^ a b "The Canadian Parliament". The Times. London. 26 May 1874. pp. 4, col C.
  14. ^ Craig, page 540
  15. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 495. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

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