Sir Robert Jenkinson, 5th Baronet

Sir Robert Jenkinson (1720 – 1766) was the 5th baronet Jenkinson of Walcot and Hawkesbury.

Sir Robert Jenkinson, 5th Baronet
Born1720
Oxfordshire
Died8 August 1766 (aged 46)
Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire

Early life and education

The son of Sir Robert Bankes Jenkinson, 4th Baronet and Catherine Dashwood.[1] Jenkinson was baptised on 13 August 1720 at Charlbury.[2] He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School) and later St John's College, Oxford and was awarded an Honourary Master of Arts degree;[3] matriculated 31 May 1738 aged 17.[2]

Career

He earned a Doctor of Civil Law on 17 April 1749 but it is unknown if he practiced.[3] He was a Steward of the OA Club in 1748.[4]

Peerage

He succeeded his father Sir Robert Bankes Jenkinson, 4th Baronet, to the title on 2 July 1738. He married Mary Cope but did not have any children. He died on 8 August 1766, aged 46 and was succeeded by Sir Banks Jenkinson, 6th Baronet. He was buried on 12 August at Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire.[2]

Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Robert Bankes Jenkinson		 Baronet
(of Walcot and Hawkesbury)
1738–1766		 Succeeded by
Banks Jenkinson

See also

References
  1. "Sir Robert Jenkinson, 5th Bt". The Peerage.
  2. Cockayne, George E (1900). Complete baronetage. Exeter:W.Pollard & Co.,Ltd. p. 198.
  3. Richardson, William H (1905). List of Some Distinguished Persons Educated at Abingdon School 1563-1855. Hughes Market Place (Abingdon). p. 9.
  4. "Stewards of the OA Club". Abingdon School.
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