18 Aug 2023
Wife: Margaret Clifford Stewart
Born: 1859 in Edinburgh Resided: 1907 - 1923 at Southmead, 21 Chaucer Road, Trumpington 1,2 Census: 1911 at Southmead, 21 Chaucer Road, Trumpington (see note 1) Census: 1921 at Southmead, 21 Chaucer Road, Trumpington (see note 2) Died: 1933 in Cambridge 3 (see note 3) Buried: 11 May 1933 in Trumpington (see note 4) Father: Mother:
Husband: Francis John Henry Jenkinson Married: 1902 in Sussex 4 (see note 5)
Born: 1853 in Scotland Education: Trinity College, Cambridge 5 (see note 6) Resided: 1907 - 1923 at Southmead, 21 Chaucer Road, Trumpington 2,1,6 Census: 1911 at Southmead, 21 Chaucer Road, Trumpington (see note 7) Census: 1921 at Southmead, 21 Chaucer Road, Trumpington (see note 8) Occupation: 1921 University Librarian, University of Cambridge Occupation: Fellow of Trinity College & University Librarian Died: 1923 in London 4 (see note 9) Buried: 25 Sep 1923 in Trumpington (see note 10) Father: Mother: Media link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Jenkinson Media desc: Wikipedia
Sources: (1) Rus in Urbe. (2) Electoral Register. (3) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (4) FreeBMD website. (5) Alumni Cantabrigienses. (6) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2)
Event Notes Note (1) Age 52, born Edinburgh, with husband Francis John Henry Jenkinson Note (2) Age 62, born Edinburgh, with husband Francis Jenkinson Note (3) Jun 1933 Cambridge 3b 455 age 74 Note (4) May 11 JENKINSON Margaret Clifford of Cambridge 73y 6mon died May 9 Note (5) Jun 1902 East Grinstead 2b 311 Note (6) Name: Francis John Henry. Jenkinson College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1872 Died: 21 Sep 1923 More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Feb. 9, 1872. [Elder] s. of the Rev. John Henry [Christ Church, Oxford], C. of St Mary's, Reading. B. [Aug. 20], 1853, at Forres, Elgin, Morayshire. School, Marlborough. Matric. Michs. 1872; Bell Scholar (2nd), 1873; B.A. (Class. Trip., 1st Class) 1876; M.A. 1879. Fellow, 1878; Assistant Tutor, and Lecturer in Classics, 1878-89. Curator in Zoology, 1878-9. University Librarian, 1889-1923. Sandars Reader, 1907 and 1908. President of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1893. Hon. D.Litt., Oxford, 1902. An expert on, and keen collector of, Lepidoptera. Made a study of Incunabula; chiefly interested in the acquisition of 15th-century books for the University Library. Editor of Collected Papers of H. Bradshaw. A scholar rather than an administrator, he was greatly loved by all his Assistants at the Library, ‘acquiring and cataloguing books in an old-fashioned but perfectly satisfactory manner, as yet untroubled by problems of collection and storage.’ Of Southmead, Chaucer Road, Cambridge. Died Sept. 21, 1923, at Hampstead. ‘A character of extraordinary sweetness and charm, Jenkinson will be remembered for the help, often amounting to inspiration, which he gave to other scholars during these generations.’ See H. F. Stewart's (his brother-in-law) Life of him. (Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Burke, P. and B.; D.N.B.; Who was Who, 1911-28; The Times, Sept. 22, 1923.) Note (7) Age 57, born Forres, Morayshire. Librarian (University), with wife Margaret Clifford Note (8) Age 67, born Forres. University Librarian, University of Cambridge, with wife Margaret Clifford Note (9) Sep 1923 Hampstead 1a 544 age 70 Note (10) Sep 25 JENKINSON Francis John Henry of Southmead, Chaucer Road, [[Cambridge]] Trumpington 70 Fellow of Trinity College & University Librarian died Sep 21 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index