Modern English biography

322 (1878); _Times 11 April 1878 p._ 5. JENKYNS, RICHARD (brother of rev. Henry Jenkyns 1796–1878). _b._ Evercreech, Somerset 1783; ed. at Balliol coll. Oxf., fellow 1802–19, tutor 1813–19, bursar 1814, master 23 April 1819 to death, Balliol scholarships were thrown open in 1828; B.A. 1804, M.A. 1806, B.D. and D.D. 1819, master of the schools 1809, public examiner 1811–12, vice chancellor 1824–28; V. of Evercreech, Somerset 1822–40; preb. of Wells cath. 1824–45; R. of Dinder, Somerset 1824–46; dean of Wells 4 June 1845 to death; one of the 6 doctors who condemned Pusey’s sermon in 1843; founder of the modern greatness of Balliol college. _d._ Balliol college, Oxford 6 March 1854. _bur._ Wells 13 March; by his will founded 2 exhibitions of £100 at Balliol. _G.M. xli_ 425–6 (1854); _G. V. Cox’s Recollections of Oxford 2 ed._ (1870) 209–11; _The Month_, _Jany. 1866 pp._ 50–9. JENKYNS, WILLIAM (son of Mr. Jenkyns, inspector of buildings, Aberdeen). _b._ Aberdeen 23 Aug. 1847; ed. Aberdeen univ., B.A. 1868, M.A.; assist. commissioner Multan 1871; learnt the Pushto, Baluchi and Persian languages; interpreter and sec. to sir L. Pelly in his conference with Amir of Afghanistan 1876; political officer with sir S. Browne’s division in Afghan war 1878; rode 120 miles in 13 hours with despatches from Gandamuk to Peshawar, May 1878, returning on third day to Gandamuk; C.I.E.; first assist. political officer with sir L. Cavagnari; _murdered_ at Cabul 3 Sep. 1878. _Shadbolt’s Afghan campaign. Biog. Div._ (1882) 112–4, _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxv_ 256 (1879), _portrait_. JENNER, EDWARD. _b._ 13 March 1803; traveller for Messrs. Baxter, printers, Lewes, and owners of the Sussex Express; made collections of fresh water algæ and of moths, beetles and other insects; A.L.S. 1838; author of A Flora of Tunbridge Wells 1845; furnished the drawings to The British desmidieæ. By J. Ralfs