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Edward Jenkins (MP)

May 02, 2024

For other people named Edward Jenkins, see Edward Jenkins (disambiguation).

John Edward Jenkins (2 July 1838 – 4 June 1910),[1] known as Edward Jenkins or J. Edward Jenkins, was a barrister, author and Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was best known as an author of satirical novels, and also served as the Agent-General of Canada, encouraging emigration to the new Dominion. He contested several parliamentary elections, but won only one, and sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1880.

"Ginx's Baby"
Jenkins as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, August 1878

Early life edit

Jenkins was born in Bangalore, Mysore, India,[2] the eldest son[2] of Rev. Dr. John Jenkins[3] (1813–1898),[4] a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society from 1837 to 1841. His father moved to Canada in 1847 as a Methodist minister, before becoming a Presbyterian minister in Philadelphia in 1853, and minister of a Presbyterian Church in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 1865.[3][4] His mother was Harriet Shepstone of Mysore.[2][4]

Edward's uncles included David James Jenkins, the MP for Penryn and Falmouth, and Rev. Ebenezer Jenkins, the chairman of Wesleyan Indian Missions.[3]

He was educated in Montreal at the High School and at McGill University, and then at the University of Pennsylvania.[5] He then moved to London, where he studied law with a conveyancer, Mr. Raymond,[5] and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in the Michaelmas term, 1864.[3] He practised as a barrister on the Home Circuit.[3]

Career edit

Jenkins made his name as the author of the satire Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes, published in 1870.[2] The book described a child born in poverty who became the victim of rival philanthropists.[5]

He wrote at least two other satires, Lord Bantam (1871) and Barney Geoghegan, M.P (1872).[2] The review of Lord Bantam in The Times newspaper in 1872 describes a political novel telling the story of a young nobleman of radical politics who enters Parliament supporting a redistribution of land and power, but who promptly abandons his radicalism when he inherits his father's peerage and large estates.[6] The reviewer denounces the book as a vehicle for "Red Republican opinions", and remarks that the author wants the reader to conclude that "the working classes need never expect to derive any permanent advancement from the Radical professions of young lords who have such a stake in the existing institutions of the country".[6] Jenkins supported the campaigns of the Warwickshire agricultural trade unionist Joseph Arch, and his novel Little Hodge (1873) dealt with the plight of landless labourers in England.[5]

As well as the satires, Jenkins wrote a series of novels and many non-fiction-works, most of them relating to Canada.

He travelled in 1870 to Guiana on behalf of the English Benevolent Society, to "report of the condition of the coolies"[3] (i.e. indentured labourers). His report was published in 1871, and resulted in the improvement of their conditions.[5]

Jenkins stood for Parliament at two by-elections in the 1870s: Truro in September 1871,[7] and Dundee in August 1873.[8][9]

He was elected a member of parliament (MP) for Dundee at the 1874 general election[10] The city was such a Liberal stronghold that its two seats were contested by four Liberals and one Conservative, and the lone Conservative came last of the five candidates.[8] Jenkins won the seat despite being in America during the election[11] in February, while on a lecture tour in Canada,[3][12] he was appointed as the agent-general of the Dominion of Canada.[3] His duties in that role were clarified to the House of Commons of Canada in May 1874 by the Canadian Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie, who said that Jenkins would have surveillance of the Canadian emigration business in London, would occasionally be asked to attend to other business of a confidential nature.[13] He would also be "expected to give some little attention to Canadian gentlemen sojourning in London".[13] He held the post for two years.[2]

On his return to Dundee in March, he addressed a meeting of electors in the Kinnaird Hall, Dundee. Between 2,000 and 3,000 people attended, with hundreds turned away because the hall was full.[11]

Jenkins did not contest the 1880 general election,[8] but stood unsuccessfully at a by-election in January 1881 for Edinburgh.[14] He contested Dundee again at the 1885 and 1892 general elections as a Conservative, but was unsuccessful on both occasions.[15]

He died in London on 4 June 1910, having been paralysed for some years.[2]

Family edit

Like his father, Jenkins was a Presbyterian.[3]

In 1867 he married Hannah Matilda Johnstone, a daughter of William Johnson, of Belfast. They had five sons and two daughters.[2]

Works edit

Fiction edit

  • Jenkins, Edward (1871). Ginx's baby: his birth and other misfortunes. London: Strahan.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1872). Barney Geoghegan, M.P and Home Rule at St. Stephen's. London: Strahan.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1872). Lord Bantam: a satire (3rd Canadian ed.). Montreal: Dawson.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1873). Little Hodge. New York: Dodd & Mead.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1876). The devil's chain. Montreal: Dawson.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1877). Lutchmee and Dilloo : a study of West Indian life. London: Macmillan Education.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1878). The captain's cabin : a Christmas yarn. Montreal: Dawson. ISBN 9780665074301.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1878). Haverholme, or the Apotheosis of Jingo. A satire. London and Belfast: Chilworth.
  • Jenkins, Edward (c. 1885). A week of passion, or, The dilemma of Mr. George Barton the younger : a novel. New York: G. Munro. ISBN 9780665370274.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1886). A Secret of Two Lives. London: Keegan Paul & Co.

Non-fiction edit

  • Stewart, Alexander P.; Jenkins, Edward (1867). The medical and legal aspects of sanitary reform. London: R. Hardwick.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1869). State emigration : an essay. London: E. Stanford. ISBN 9780665235771.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1871). The colonial question : being essays on imperial federalism (2nd ed.). Montreal: Dawson Bros. ISBN 9780665074332.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1871). The coolie his rights and wrongs : notes of a journey to British Guiana, with a review of the system and of the recent commission of inquiry. London: Strahan.
  • Jenkins, Edward, ed. (1872). Discussions on colonial questions: being a report of the proceedings of a conference held at Westminster Palace Hotel, on July 19th, 20th, and 21st, 1871. London: Strahan. ISBN 9780665074356.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1871). The colonies and imperial unity, or, The "Barrel without the Hoops" : inaugural address delivered at the Conference on Colonial Questions held at Westminster Palace Hotel in London, July 19, 20 and 21, 1871 (2nd ed.). London: Strahan.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1874). Glances at inner England : a lecture delivered in the United States and Canada [England of today]. London: H.S. King. ISBN 9780665084638.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1875). "The Times" and Mr. Potter on Canadian railways : a criticism on critics. London : Pottle ; Montreal : B. Dawson. ISBN 9780665240065.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1875). Canadian immigration in 1875 : report to the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, upon the position and prospects of immigration and with comparative statements of emigration from Great Britain during the past four years. London: Dawson.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1875). The great Dominion : an address by Edward Jenkins, Esq., M.P., agent general for Canada to the Manchester Reform Club. Montreal: Dawson.
  • Jenkins, Edward (1876). The blot on the Queen's head : how little Ben, the head waiter, changed the sign of the "Queen's Inn", ["]Empress Hotel Limited", and the consequences thereof, by a guest. London: Strahan.

References edit

  1. ^
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "John Edward Jenkins". The Quebec History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "New Members". The Times. London. 26 February 1874. p. 6, col A.
  4. ^ a b c "John Jenkins". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Mr. Edward Jenkins". The Times. London. 6 June 1910. p. 13, col D.
  6. ^ a b "Lord Bantam". The Times. London. 1 January 1872. p. 4, col A.
  7. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 313. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  8. ^ a b c Craig, Election results 1832–1885, page 538
  9. ^ The Times article "New Members" of 26 February 1874 says that he had also stood for Stafford, but Craig's elections results for Stafford do not list any Jenkins as a candidate between 1832 and 1885 (Craig, Election results 1832–1885, , pages 282–3)
  10. ^ "No. 24064". The London Gazette. 10 February 1874. p. 591.
  11. ^ a b "Members Out of Session". The Times. London. 3 March 1874. p. 7, col F.
  12. ^ "The Montreal Daily Witness - Google News Archive Search".
  13. ^ a b "The Canadian Parliament". The Times. London. 26 May 1874. pp. 4, col C.
  14. ^ Craig, page 540
  15. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 495. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

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For other people named Edward Jenkins see Edward Jenkins disambiguation John Edward Jenkins 2 July 1838 4 June 1910 1 known as Edward Jenkins or J Edward Jenkins was a barrister author and Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom He was best known as an author of satirical novels and also served as the Agent General of Canada encouraging emigration to the new Dominion He contested several parliamentary elections but won only one and sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1880 Ginx s Baby Jenkins as caricatured by Spy Leslie Ward in Vanity Fair August 1878 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Family 4 Works 4 1 Fiction 4 2 Non fiction 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editJenkins was born in Bangalore Mysore India 2 the eldest son 2 of Rev Dr John Jenkins 3 1813 1898 4 a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society from 1837 to 1841 His father moved to Canada in 1847 as a Methodist minister before becoming a Presbyterian minister in Philadelphia in 1853 and minister of a Presbyterian Church in Montreal Quebec Canada from 1865 3 4 His mother was Harriet Shepstone of Mysore 2 4 Edward s uncles included David James Jenkins the MP for Penryn and Falmouth and Rev Ebenezer Jenkins the chairman of Wesleyan Indian Missions 3 He was educated in Montreal at the High School and at McGill University and then at the University of Pennsylvania 5 He then moved to London where he studied law with a conveyancer Mr Raymond 5 and was called to the bar at Lincoln s Inn in the Michaelmas term 1864 3 He practised as a barrister on the Home Circuit 3 Career editJenkins made his name as the author of the satire Ginx s Baby his birth and other misfortunes published in 1870 2 The book described a child born in poverty who became the victim of rival philanthropists 5 He wrote at least two other satires Lord Bantam 1871 and Barney Geoghegan M P 1872 2 The review of Lord Bantam in The Times newspaper in 1872 describes a political novel telling the story of a young nobleman of radical politics who enters Parliament supporting a redistribution of land and power but who promptly abandons his radicalism when he inherits his father s peerage and large estates 6 The reviewer denounces the book as a vehicle for Red Republican opinions and remarks that the author wants the reader to conclude that the working classes need never expect to derive any permanent advancement from the Radical professions of young lords who have such a stake in the existing institutions of the country 6 Jenkins supported the campaigns of the Warwickshire agricultural trade unionist Joseph Arch and his novel Little Hodge 1873 dealt with the plight of landless labourers in England 5 As well as the satires Jenkins wrote a series of novels and many non fiction works most of them relating to Canada He travelled in 1870 to Guiana on behalf of the English Benevolent Society to report of the condition of the coolies 3 i e indentured labourers His report was published in 1871 and resulted in the improvement of their conditions 5 Jenkins stood for Parliament at two by elections in the 1870s Truro in September 1871 7 and Dundee in August 1873 8 9 He was elected a member of parliament MP for Dundee at the 1874 general election 10 The city was such a Liberal stronghold that its two seats were contested by four Liberals and one Conservative and the lone Conservative came last of the five candidates 8 Jenkins won the seat despite being in America during the election 11 in February while on a lecture tour in Canada 3 12 he was appointed as the agent general of the Dominion of Canada 3 His duties in that role were clarified to the House of Commons of Canada in May 1874 by the Canadian Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie who said that Jenkins would have surveillance of the Canadian emigration business in London would occasionally be asked to attend to other business of a confidential nature 13 He would also be expected to give some little attention to Canadian gentlemen sojourning in London 13 He held the post for two years 2 On his return to Dundee in March he addressed a meeting of electors in the Kinnaird Hall Dundee Between 2 000 and 3 000 people attended with hundreds turned away because the hall was full 11 Jenkins did not contest the 1880 general election 8 but stood unsuccessfully at a by election in January 1881 for Edinburgh 14 He contested Dundee again at the 1885 and 1892 general elections as a Conservative but was unsuccessful on both occasions 15 He died in London on 4 June 1910 having been paralysed for some years 2 Family editLike his father Jenkins was a Presbyterian 3 In 1867 he married Hannah Matilda Johnstone a daughter of William Johnson of Belfast They had five sons and two daughters 2 Works editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items February 2011 Fiction edit Jenkins Edward 1871 Ginx s baby his birth and other misfortunes London Strahan Jenkins Edward 1872 Barney Geoghegan M P and Home Rule at St Stephen s London Strahan Jenkins Edward 1872 Lord Bantam a satire 3rd Canadian ed Montreal Dawson Jenkins Edward 1873 Little Hodge New York Dodd amp Mead Jenkins Edward 1876 The devil s chain Montreal Dawson Jenkins Edward 1877 Lutchmee and Dilloo a study of West Indian life London Macmillan Education Jenkins Edward 1878 The captain s cabin a Christmas yarn Montreal Dawson ISBN 9780665074301 Jenkins Edward 1878 Haverholme or the Apotheosis of Jingo A satire London and Belfast Chilworth Jenkins Edward c 1885 A week of passion or The dilemma of Mr George Barton the younger a novel New York G Munro ISBN 9780665370274 Jenkins Edward 1886 A Secret of Two Lives London Keegan Paul amp Co Non fiction edit Stewart Alexander P Jenkins Edward 1867 The medical and legal aspects of sanitary reform London R Hardwick Jenkins Edward 1869 State emigration an essay London E Stanford ISBN 9780665235771 Jenkins Edward 1871 The colonial question being essays on imperial federalism 2nd ed Montreal Dawson Bros ISBN 9780665074332 Jenkins Edward 1871 The coolie his rights and wrongs notes of a journey to British Guiana with a review of the system and of the recent commission of inquiry London Strahan Jenkins Edward ed 1872 Discussions on colonial questions being a report of the proceedings of a conference held at Westminster Palace Hotel on July 19th 20th and 21st 1871 London Strahan ISBN 9780665074356 Jenkins Edward 1871 The colonies and imperial unity or The Barrel without the Hoops inaugural address delivered at the Conference on Colonial Questions held at Westminster Palace Hotel in London July 19 20 and 21 1871 2nd ed London Strahan Jenkins Edward 1874 Glances at inner England a lecture delivered in the United States and Canada England of today London H S King ISBN 9780665084638 Jenkins Edward 1875 The Times and Mr Potter on Canadian railways a criticism on critics London Pottle Montreal B Dawson ISBN 9780665240065 Jenkins Edward 1875 Canadian immigration in 1875 report to the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture upon the position and prospects of immigration and with comparative statements of emigration from Great Britain during the past four years London Dawson Jenkins Edward 1875 The great Dominion an address by Edward Jenkins Esq M P agent general for Canada to the Manchester Reform Club Montreal Dawson Jenkins Edward 1876 The blot on the Queen s head how little Ben the head waiter changed the sign of the Queen s Inn Empress Hotel Limited and the consequences thereof by a guest London Strahan References edit Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with D part 4 a b c d e f g h John Edward Jenkins The Quebec History Encyclopedia Retrieved 4 December 2010 a b c d e f g h i New Members The Times London 26 February 1874 p 6 col A a b c John Jenkins Dictionary of Canadian Biography online ed University of Toronto Press 1979 2016 a b c d e Mr Edward Jenkins The Times London 6 June 1910 p 13 col D a b Lord Bantam The Times London 1 January 1872 p 4 col A Craig F W S 1989 1977 British parliamentary election results 1832 1885 2nd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services p 313 ISBN 0 900178 26 4 a b c Craig Election results 1832 1885 page 538 The Times article New Members of 26 February 1874 says that he had also stood for Stafford but Craig s elections results for Stafford do not list any Jenkins as a candidate between 1832 and 1885 Craig Election results 1832 1885 pages 282 3 No 24064 The London Gazette 10 February 1874 p 591 a b Members Out of Session The Times London 3 March 1874 p 7 col F The Montreal Daily Witness Google News Archive Search a b The Canadian Parliament The Times London 26 May 1874 pp 4 col C Craig page 540 Craig F W S 1989 1974 British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 2nd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services p 495 ISBN 0 900178 27 2 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Edward Jenkins Portraits of Edward Jenkins at the National Portrait Gallery London nbsp Works by Edward Jenkins at Project Gutenberg Edward Jenkins Ginx s Baby at Project Gutenberg Works by or about John Edward Jenkins at Internet Archive Works by or about Edward Jenkins at Internet Archive Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byJames YeamanSir John Ogilvy Bt Member of Parliament for Dundee1874 1880 With James Yeaman Succeeded byGeorge ArmitsteadFrank Henderson Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Jenkins MP amp oldid 1216628565, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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