Richard Jenkins was born at Cruckton, near Shrewsbury, the eldest son of Richard Jenkins of Bicton Hall, Shropshire.[2] He married Elizabeth Helen, daughter of Hugh Spottiswoode, of the Honourable East India Company Civil Service, in 1824[1] and was the father of Colonel Richard Jenkins of the 1st Bengal Cavalry,[3][4], two other sons and two daughters.[1]
Career
Jenkins was at the Battle of Seetabuldee and also the capture of Nagpur. He served in the Bombay Civil Service from 1800 to 1828 and was the British Resident at Nagpur from 1807 to 1827. He was an East India Company Director from 1832 to 1853.[2]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and, in 1841, a Fellow of the Royal Society,[6] for which his candidature citation read that he was a deserving applicant for his "Eminence as a Political Character in India; for his acquaintance with Oriental Literature; for his variable reports to the Government of India; & for his administration of the affairs of Berar" [7]
Death
Jenkins died at Gothic Cottage, Blackheath, London, in 1853 aged 68 and was buried in Shropshire at Bicton.[2][1]
