Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool

Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (painting by George Romney )

Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool PC (* 26. April 1727 in Winchester , Hampshire (baptism date: 16th May 1729 ); † 17th December 1808 in London ) was a statesman of the conservative Tories in the Kingdom of Great Britain and most recently in the UK Great Britain and Ireland , who was Member of the House of Commons and Minister for several years and was raised to hereditary nobility as Baron Hawkesbury in 1786 , so that he was a member of the House of Lords until his death . In 1796 he was made Earl of Liverpool .

Life

Government Official and Member of the House of Commons

Jenkinson, whose father Charles Jenkinson colonel of the Royal Horse Guards , was completed after visiting the Charterhouse School to study at the University College of the University of Oxford and entered later into the civil service.

After he was between 1761 and 1762 Under-Secretary of the North Department (Under-Secretary of the North Department) , he acted as the successor to Francis Gashry from June 10, 1762 until his replacement by John Ross Mackye on May 10, 1763 as Treasurer of the Ordnance and was thus one of the closest employees of the Master-General of the Ordnance, who was responsible for artillery, engineering, fortifications, military supplies, transport and field hospitals .

In 1763 Jenkinson was elected for the first time to the House of Commons, where he first represented the constituency of Cockermouth until 1766 , then between 1766 and 1772 the constituency of Appleby and from 1772 to 1774 for the conservative Tories the constituency of Harwich . During this time, he was 1763 to 1765 Joint Secretary of the Treasury (Joint Secretary of the Treasury ) and then from 1766 to 1766 Lord of the Admiralty (Lord of the Admiralty) , before 1,767 to 1,773 commission agent of the Treasury (Lord of the Treasury ) was. In addition, he acted from 1772 to 1775 as the United Vice-Treasurer of Ireland (Joint Vice-Treasurer of Ireland) and 1773 was also Privy Counselor (PC).

Jenkins was re-elected to the House of Commons for the Tories in the Hastings constituency in 1774 and represented this constituency until 1780. He then sat between 1780 and 1786 as a Tories MP for the Saltash constituency in the House of Commons. During this time he acted from 1775 to 1808 as Clerk of Pells for Ireland and thus as head of the so-called Pell Office of Ireland , an authority of the treasury, in which the deposit and withdrawal slips are administered and entered in lists.

Minister, House of Lords and Family

In addition, Jenkinson was from 1778 to 1782 as Secretary of War ( Secretary at War ) in the cabinet of Prime Minister Frederick North . In 1784 he acted briefly as commissioner of the Trade Office (Lord of Trade) .

During the tenure of Prime Minister William Pitt , Jenkinson succeeded Thomas Townshend, 1st Baron Sydney Trade Minister (President of the Board of Trade ) on August 23, 1786 and held this ministerial office until his replacement by James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose on June 7, 1804 also under Pitt's successor as Prime Minister, Henry Addington . At the same time he was the successor of Thomas Villers, 1st Earl of Clarendon between September 6, 1786 and his replacement by Thomas Pelham on November 11, 1803, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster .

By a letters patent dated August 21, 1786, Jenkinson was raised to the hereditary nobility as Baron Hawkesbury , of Hawkesbury in the County of Gloucester , and was thus a member of the House of Lords until his death. On July 22, 1790, he also inherited the title of 7th Baronet , of Walcot in the County of Oxford and of Hawkesbury House Farm in the County of Gloucester from a cousin , and at the same time assumed the function of collector of domestic customs duties (Collector of the Inland Customs) . On June 1, 1796, he was finally bestowed the hereditary title Earl of Liverpool .

Jenkinson has been married twice. From his first marriage on February 9, 1769 with Amelia Watts, his son Robert Banks Jenkinson emerged, who inherited him in 1808 as 2nd Earl of Liverpool and was Prime Minister between 1812 and 1827.

On June 22, 1782, he married Catherine Bishopp, a daughter of long-time MP Cecil Bishopp . From this marriage his only daughter Charlotte Jenkinson, who was married to James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam , and his younger son Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson , who was also a member of the House of Commons for several years, were named after the death of his older brother in 1828 3. Inherited the Earl of Liverpool and served as Lord Steward of the Household between 1841 and 1846 .

Honors

The Hawkesbury River in Australia is named after him.

Web links

• Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool on thepeerage.com
• Liverpool, Earl of (GB, 1796-1851) in Cracroft's Peerage
• Peerage: Liverpool in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Baronetage: JENKINSON of Walcot, Oxon and Hawkesbury House Farm, Gloucs in Leigh Rayment Peerage

predecessor	Office	successor
Recreate title	Baron Hawkesbury 1786-1808	Robert Jenkinson
Banks Jenkinson	Baronet, of Walcot and Hawkesbury 1790-1808	Robert Jenkinson
Recreate title	Earl of Liverpool 1796-1808	Robert Jenkinson
William Barrington	Minister of War 1778–1782	Thomas Townshend
Thomas Townshend	President of the Board of Trade 1786–1804	James Graham
Thomas Villiers	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1786-1803	Thomas Pelham