Jenkins, Richard, 1785-1853

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East India Company servant ; 1804 1st assistant to resident Josiah Webbe at the court of Daulat Rao Sindhia, maharaja of Gwalior; 1804-1805 acting resident at the court of the Daulat Rao Sindhia; 1810-1828 resident at Nagpur; 1830 and 1837-1841 Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury; 1838 deputy-chairman, East India Company; 1839 chairman, East India Company.

Honours: 1838 Knight grand cross in the Order of the Bath.

Epithet: East India Company administrator and politician

Title: Knight

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x000384

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referencedIn OFFICIAL COPIES of Letters from N. B. Edmonstone to Major J. Malcolm, J. Webbe, and Richard Jerkins, Residents with Dowlut Rao Scindiah, 15 June, 1804 -3 May, 1805 ; with enclosures. Folio. [13,603.]Josiah Webbe, Government Secretary at Madras, etc:... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCXXIV (ff. 439). 9-21 Mar. 1842.includes:ff. 1, 3 Colonel Marcus Beresford: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1842, 1845. ff. 5-9 Sir Aubrey de Vere De Vere, 2nd Baronet 1818; formerly Hunt; poet: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1815-1842. f... British Library
referencedIn Papers of 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal 1823-28, 1789-1835 British Library
referencedIn Official and demi-official correspondence and papers of Maj-Gen Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Bart (1761-1827), Madras Army 1780-1827, Governor of Madras 1820-27, collected by General John Carfrae (d 1860), Madras Army 1797, when Military and later Private S..., 1792-1827 British Library
referencedIn PAPERs relative to the Debt due from the Nabob of Arcot to Maj. Genl. Will. Sydenham;-Letters from Josiah Webbe to Capt. Benj. Sydenham, 24 Feb. 1803 -21 Sept. 1804;-Letters from Richard Jenkins to the same, 6 Nov. 1804 -8 Jan. 1805;-Letters from C... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XV. (ff. 558). 1839.India: Papers on affairs in Persia and Affghanistan: 1838-1839.India: Correspondence and papers of Sir J. C. Hobhouse, as President of the Board of Control: 1834-1841, 1846-1852.includes:f.1-10,33-39,103-114,226,233-237 Willi..., 1839 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Maj-Gen William Kirkpatrick (1754-1812), Resident at Hyderabad 1793-97, 1782-1811 British Library
referencedIn Vol. III. (ff.308),1806-1807.includes:ff. 1, 11, 67, 79 Lieutenant-General Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake 1807: Correspondence with Lord Wellesley: 1802-1808. ff. 5, 25 Colonel George William Richard Harcourt: Letters to Lord Wellesley: 1805-1810. f...., 1806-1807 British Library
referencedIn Letter from Mr. (afterwards Sir Gore) Ouseley to Lord Wellesley, respecting Rajah Beja Singh, 2 Sept. 1800 ;-Abstract statement of the revenue in Hindostan ceded by the Treaty of Surje Angengaum [Dec. 1803];-Memoranda relative to the examination of t... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCXXXIX (ff. 367). 1-15 Apr. 1835.includes:ff. 1, 3 Edward FitzGerald: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1835. ff. 4, 5 Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1825-1848. f. 7 D-McLaren, of Edinburgh: Letter t..., 1835 British Library
referencedIn Grant-Duff Papers: copies of official records of the Bombay Government and of other official and private papers compiled or collected by Capt James Cunningham Grant-Duff (1789-1858), Bombay Army 1807-27, Resident at Satara 1818-23; relating to the Ma..., 1754-1822 British Library
referencedIn Richard Colley Wellesley papers., 1838 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCXXVI (ff. 351). 5-19 Apr. 1842.George Ireland, Curate of St. Mary's, Westport, Malmesbury: Letter to Sir R. Peel: 1842.includes:ff. 3, 5 John Parker, Secretary of the Admiralty: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1842, 1846. ff. 3, 5 Henry Geo... British Library
referencedIn Cleveland Public Library papers., 1741-1858 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Thomas Munro, Madras Army 1780-1827, Governor of Madras 1820-27, 1780-1827 British Library
creatorOf Letter books of Sir Richard Jenkins (1785-1853), Bombay Civil Service 1800-28, Resident at Nagpur 1807-27, East India Company Director 1832-53, containing private and demi-official correspondence; also drafts and historical materials prepared for Jen..., 1807-1817 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XXIV (ff. 425). Jan. 1842-Sept. 1843.Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet; Prime Minister: Correspondence with Lord Aberdeen: 1828-1850.includes:f. 1 Andrew O'Reilly, Paris correspondent of ' The Times.': Letter to Sir R. Peel: 1842. ff. 36-43 Canada: ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. IV. (ff. 447). 1831-April 1837.includes:ff. 1, 32, 284 William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket; Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Correspondence with Lord Wellesley: 1822-1840. ff. 4-100 passim, 141, 145, 182, 183, 194, 247 Charles Grey, 2nd Ear... British Library
referencedIn Vol, CCXLVII (ff. 414). 20 May-Dec. 1839.includes:f. 1 Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1814-1845. f. 2 George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey: Letter to Lady Peel: 1839. f. 5 Louisa Grace Kerr: Letter to Lady Peel: ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCIV (ff. 349). Dec. 1843-May 1844.includes:f. 1 Sir Richard Jenkins, formerly MP: Letter to Lord Aberdeen: 1843. ff. 3,4b Henry Lipscomb, solicitor: Correspondence with Lord Aberdeen: 1843. ff. 5, 6b William Lockhart, MP: Correspondence with ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCLVI (ff. 454). 14 Nov.-9 Dec. 1843.Victoria of England: Correspondence rel. to her visit to Tamworth: 1843.Tamworth, Staffordshire: Correspondence, etc., rel. to Qu. Victoria's visit: 1843.includes:ff. 1, 3 Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 4th Du... British Library
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Birth 1785

Death 1853

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