David Jenkins, Baron Jenkins

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

David Llewelyn Jenkins, Baron Jenkins PC (8 April 1899 – 21 July 1969)^[1] was a British judge.

Background

Born in Exmouth, he was the third son of Sir John Lewis Jenkins and his wife Florence Mildred, second daughter of Sir Arthur Trevor.^[2] Jenkins was educated at Charterhouse School and fought then with the 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) in the First World War.^[3] After the war, he went to Balliol College, Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1920, winning the Hertford and Ireland scholarship.^[3] Jenkins was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn three years later and made his Master of Arts in 1928.^[3] He was unmarried and died childless.^[4]

Career

He was made a King's Counsel in 1938 and subsequently served in the Royal Army Service Corps during the Second World War.^[3] In 1945, he became a bencher^[4] and in 1946 he was nominated Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster.^[5] Jenkins joined the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division in 1947 and on this occasion was created a Knight Bachelor.^[3] Two years later he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal and on 31 May 1949 sworn of the Privy Council.^[4] After another decade he was chosen a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and in consequence was created a life peer under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as Baron Jenkins, of Ashley Gardens, in the City of Westminster.^[6] He chaired the Jenkins Committee on Company Law and in 1953 became governor of Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersJ.htm. Retrieved 22 November 2009. 
2. ^ Walford, Edward (1919). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. pp. 724. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Who is Who 1963. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd.. 1963. pp. 1597. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} "ThePeerage - David Llewelyn Jenkins, Baron Jenkins". http://thepeerage.com/p23191.htm#i231908. Retrieved 23 November 2009. 
5. ^ London Gazette: no. 37583. p. 2561. 28 May 1946. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
6. ^ London Gazette: no. 41676. p. 2264. 7 April 1959. Retrieved 23 November 2009.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by David Jenkins, Baron Jenkins

Legal offices
Preceded by ?	Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster 1946–1947	Succeeded by Gerald Ritchie Upjohn

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Name	Jenkins, David
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Date of birth	8 April 1899
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Date of death	21 July 1969
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