Lawrence Hugh Jenkins

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]

The Right Honourable Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins KCIE
Born	(1857-12-22)22 December 1857 Cardigan, Wales
Died	1 October 1928(1928-10-01) (aged 70) London, England
Education	Cheltenham College
Occupation	Jurist

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, 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.

Legal offices
Preceded by Sir Francis William Maclean	Chief Justice of Bengal 1909–1915	Succeeded by Sir Lancelot Sanderson