Lawrence Hugh Jenkins

The Right Honourable
Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins
KCIE
Born(1857-12-22)22 December 1857
Cardigan, Wales
Died1 October 1928(1928-10-01) (aged 70)
London, England
EducationCheltenham College
OccupationJurist

Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins, KCIE (22 December 1857 – 1 October 1928), was a British judge. He was the chief justice of the Calcutta and Bombay High Court, as well as a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.[1]

Family

Jenkins was born in 1857 at The Priory, Cardigan. He was the younger son of solicitor Richard David Jenkins and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Lewis.[2]

Career

Jenkins passed from Cheltenham College to the University of Oxford, and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1883.[citation needed] He became the chief justice of the Bombay High Court for ten years (1898–1908); thereafter, Jenkins was selected as a member of the Council of India. On 17 August 1899 he was knighted,[3] and he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in the 1903 Durbar Honours.[4][5] Between 1909 and 1915 he was the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court after Justice Francis William Maclean.[6] He also served as District Grand Master of Freemasons for Bombay and Bengal and took an active part in all important public movements on social questions relating to British India.[7]

In his judgeship, Jenkins delivered several verdicts in relation to high-profile conspiracy and bombings, including the Alipore Bomb conspiracy case.[8][9]

He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1916 and served as a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.[citation needed]

Death

He died at his home in London on 1 October 1928.[10]

References

  1. ^ Great Britain. India Office The India List and India Office List for 1905, p. 145, at Google Books
  2. ^ Oxford Index, S. V. FitzGerald (2004). "Jenkins, Sir Lawrence Hugh (1857–1928)". In Stearn, Roger T. (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34176. Retrieved 26 March 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Volume 1, William Arthur Shaw (1970). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time. ISBN 9780806304434. Retrieved 27 March 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "The Durbar Honours". The Times. No. 36966. London. 1 January 1903. p. 8.
  5. ^ "No. 27511". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1903. p. 3.
  6. ^ "Former Chief Justices". calcuttahighcourt.nic.in. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Jenkins, Sir Lawrence Hugh" . The Indian Biographical Dictionary . Vol. 11.2. 1915. p. 209.
  8. ^ Volume 1, Russell Davies (15 June 2015). People, Places and Passions: A Social History of Wales. ISBN 9781783162390. Retrieved 27 March 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "The Alipore Bomb Case, 1908 to 1909". richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Sir Lawrence Jenkins". The Guardian. 4 October 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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