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Descendant's report for The Honourable Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, son of Charles Jenkinson and Catherine Jenkinson

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Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, who became the 3rd Earl of Liverpool in 1828, was born on 29th May 1784 to the first Earl of Liverpool, his mother being a daughter of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, Bart., of Parham, Sussex. He was a Page of Honour to George III., served in the Royal Navy 1794-7 and fought in several naval actions, including Lord Howe's victory of June 1st, 1794. He was afterwards attached to the Embassy at Vienna, and, later, fought at Austerlitz as a volunteer in the Austrian army. He held various posts as an Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of his brother, who was Prime Minister for 15 years. He was Lord Steward of the Household to Queen Victoria from 1841 to 1846, and died at Buxted on Oct. 3rd, 1851. In the 1830s Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson had resided at Buxted Place and was responsible for the controversial move of Buxted Village to its current location. He lived for a time at Felbridge Place in East Grinstead, having acquired that property in 1810 by marriage with Julia, the only daughter of Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, a baronet distinguished for his scientific researches. Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson was returned as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead in 1818, 1820 and 1826.


See also Buxted the Beautiful by Rev. K.H. MacDermott published in 1929, The History of East Grinstead published in 1906 and
Generation No. 1
  1. The Honourable Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson was the son of Charles Jenkinson and Catherine Jenkinson. He was born 29th May 1784 at London; 3rd Earl of Liverpool 1828; died 3rd Oct 1851 at Buxted, Sussex
  He married Julia Evelyn Medley Shuckburgh-Evelyn on 19th Jul 1810. She was born 5th Oct 1790 at Warwickshire; died 1814. They had the following children:
2 iLady Catherine Julia who was born c 1811; died 1877
3 iiSelina Charlotte who was born 1812; christened 28th Jul 1812 St. Mary, London
  iiiLouisa Harriett who was born 1814; christened 10th Apr 1814 St. Mary, London
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Lady Catherine Julia Harcourt [Jenkinson] was the daughter of The Honourable Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson and Julia Evelyn Medley Jenkinson [Shuckburgh-Evelyn]. She was born c 1811; died 1877
  She married Colonel Francis Vernon Harcourt on c 1830. He was born c 1810
   
  3. Selina Charlotte Fitzwilliam [Jenkinson] was the daughter of The Honourable Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson and Julia Evelyn Medley Jenkinson [Shuckburgh-Evelyn]. She was born 1812; christened 28th Jul 1812 at St. Mary, London
4 iMary Selina Charlotte Wentworth who was born 9th Jan 1836 at Wiltshire; christened 10th Apr 1836 Yorkshire
  She married William Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliam on 15th Aug 1838 at London. He was born 18th Jan 1812 at Yorkshire
   
Generation No. 3
  4. Mary Selina Charlotte Wentworth Portman [Fitzwilliam] was the daughter of William Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliam and Selina Charlotte Fitzwilliam [Jenkinson]. She was born 9th Jan 1836 at Wiltshire; christened 10th Apr 1836 at Yorkshire
  She married William Henry Berkeley Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman on 21st Jun 1855 at Chapel Royal, Whitehall, London. He was born 1828; christened 14th Jul 1829 at St. James, London. They had the following children:
  iEdward William Berkeley who was born Jun 1856 at Dorset
  iiWalter George Berkeley who was born 2nd Jun 1858 at Dorset
  iiiHenry Berkeley who was born 16th Feb 1860 at Dorset
  ivBerkeley who was born Feb 1862 at Dorset
  vEmma Selina who was born 5th Apr 1863 at Dorset
  viClaude Berkeley who was born 1st Nov 1864 at Dorset
  viiMaud Frances who was born 2nd Jul 1872 at Dorset
   

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