Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool

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Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: December 17, 1808 (79)
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Colonel Charles Jenkinson and Amarantha Jenkinson
Husband of Catherine Bishopp and Baroness Amelia Jenkinson
Father of Charlotte Grimston, Countess of Verulam; Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool; Unknown Jenkinson and Sir Robert Jenkinson, Prime Minister
Brother of Colonel John Robert Jenkinson and Elizabeth Cornwall

Occupation: 1st Earl of Liverpool
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About Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Jenkinson,_1st_Earl_of_Liverpool

Born in Winchester, England - Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool PC (26 April 1727 – 17 December 1808), known as the Lord Hawkesbury between 1786 and 1796, was a British statesman.

He was the father of Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool.

1790 7th Baronet of Walcot

Alma Mater University College, Oxford

Spouse(s)

  • (1) Amelia Watts (d. 1770)
  • (2) Catherine Bisshopp (1744-1827)

Liverpool was twice married. He married firstly Amelia, daughter of William Watts, governor of Fort William, Bengal, in 1769. She died in July 1770, only a month after the birth of her only child, Robert.

Liverpool married secondly Catherine, widow of Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet and daughter of Sir Charles Cope, 2nd Baronet, in 1782. The Countess of Liverpool died in October 1827, aged 82.

They had one son, Charles, and one daughter.

Lord Liverpool died in London on 17 December 1808, aged 79, and was succeeded by his only son from his first marriage, Robert, who became a prominent politician and eventually Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

The Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia as well as Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada were named after Jenkinson shortly after he was created Baron Hawkesbury.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool's Timeline

1729
April 26, 1729
Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1761
1761
Age 31
1770
June 7, 1770
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1775
1775
Age 45
1783
June 8, 1783
26 Hertford Str, Mayfair
1784
May 29, 1784
Hertford Street, Mayfair, Westminster, Middlesex, England
1786
1786
- 1803
Age 56
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1786
- 1804
Age 56