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Date transcribed2011-05-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Jenkins    
First Name(s)  Richard    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1785    
Year of Death  1853    
Entry  I.C.S. : son of Richard Jenkins : born Feb. 18, 1785 : went out to Bombay in the E. I. Co.'s service in 1800 : was an Assistant in the office of the Governor- General, and, in 1804-5, Assistant Political at Poona and Assistant Resident at Sindia's Court : and acting Resident : officiating Resident at Nagpur in 1807, and permanently there from 1810 to 1827 : he proposed to the Governor-General the suppression of the Pindaris : in 1817, the troops of Appa Sahib, the Raja of Berar, attacked the British Residency troops at Sitabaldi, Nov. 26-7 : Appa was dethroned, 1818, and, during the minority of his successor, Jenkins governed Nagpur : retired in 1828 : was M.P. for Shrewsbury, 1830-1 and 1837-41 : D.C.L. Oxford, 1834 : G.C.B. in 1838 : Chairman of the E. I. Co.'s Directors, 1839 : died Dec. 30, 1853.     
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