# Richard Jenkins (MP) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Jenkins_(MP) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Jenkins_(MP).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jenkins_(MP) > Source revision: 1332145407 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British businessman and politician **Sir Richard Jenkins** [GCB](/source/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath) [JP](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace#United_Kingdom) [DL](/source/Deputy_Lieutenant) [FRS](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society) (18 February 1785 – 30 December 1853) was [member of parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Shrewsbury](/source/Shrewsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) from 1830 to 1832 and from 1837 to 1841. He was also Chairman of the [East India Company](/source/East_India_Company) in 1839.[1] ## Personal life Richard Jenkins was born at [Cruckton](/source/Cruckton), near Shrewsbury, the eldest son of Richard Jenkins of [Bicton Hall](/source/Bicton%2C_Shrewsbury), Shropshire.[2] He married Elizabeth Helen, daughter of Hugh Spottiswoode, of the Honourable East India Company Civil Service, in 1824[1] and was the father of Colonel Richard Jenkins of the 1st Bengal Cavalry,[3][4] two other sons and two daughters.[1] ## Career Jenkins was at the [Battle of Seetabuldee](/source/Battle_of_Seetabuldee) and also the capture of Nagpur. He served in the [Bombay Civil Service](/source/Bombay_Civil_Service) from 1800 to 1828 and was the British Resident at Nagpur from 1807 to 1827. He was an East India Company Director from 1832 to 1853.[2] ## Honours Sir Richard was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the [Order of the Bath](/source/Order_of_the_Bath) (GCB) in 1838,[5] and awarded the [Third Mahratta War medal](/source/Army_of_India_Medal). He was elected a [Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Geographical_Society) and, in 1841, a [Fellow of the Royal Society](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society),[6] for which his candidature citation read that he was a deserving applicant for his "*Eminence as a Political Character in India; for his acquaintance with Oriental Literature; for his variable reports to the Government of India; & for his administration of the affairs of Berar*"[7] ## Death Jenkins died at Gothic Cottage, [Blackheath, London](/source/Blackheath%2C_London), in 1853 aged 68 and was buried in Shropshire at Bicton.[2][1] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hop_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hop_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-hop_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-hop_1-3) ["JENKINS, Richard (1785-1853)"](http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/jenkins-richard-1785-1853). *History of Parliament Online*. Retrieved 23 August 2016. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dnb_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dnb_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-dnb_2-2) [Lee, Sidney](/source/Sidney_Lee), ed. (1892). ["Jenkins, Richard"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Jenkins,_Richard). *[Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography)*. Vol. 29. London: [Smith, Elder & Co](/source/Smith%2C_Elder_%26_Co). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Grave at Rawalpindi 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Anne of Exeter Volume ..., Volume 2 [\[1\]](https://books.google.com/books?id=0aUD4NqGYqAC&pg=PA235) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["No. 19638"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19638/page/1660). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 20 July 1838. p. 1660. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Library and Archive catalogue"](http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27jenkins%27%29). royal Society. Retrieved 6 March 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Library and Archive catalogue"](http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=RefNo==%27EC%2F1841%2F09%27&dsqCmd=Show.tcl). royal Society. Retrieved 6 March 2012. 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