Edward Jenkins

John Edward Jenkins (2 July 1838 – 4 June 1910), known as Edward Jenkins or J. Edward Jenkins, was a barrister, author and Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was best known as an author of satirical novels, and also served as the Agent-General of Canada, encouraging emigration to the new Dominion. He contested several parliamentary elections, but won only one, and sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1880.

Early life Jenkins was born in Bangalore, Mysore, India, the eldest son (1813–1898), a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society from 1837 to 1841. His father moved to Canada in 1847 as a Methodist minister, before becoming a Presbyterian minister in Philadelphia in 1853, and minister of a Presbyterian Church in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 1865. He then moved to London, where he studied law with a conveyancer, Mr. Raymond, The reviewer denounces the book as a vehicle for "Red Republican opinions", and remarks that the author wants the reader to conclude that "the working classes need never expect to derive any permanent advancement from the Radical professions of young lords who have such a stake in the existing institutions of the country". and Dundee in August 1873.

He was elected a member of parliament (MP) for Dundee at the 1874 general election The city was such a Liberal stronghold that its two seats were contested by four Liberals and one Conservative, and the lone Conservative came last of the five candidates. in February, while on a lecture tour in Canada, he was appointed as the agent-general of the Dominion of Canada. He would also be "expected to give some little attention to Canadian gentlemen sojourning in London". He contested Dundee again at the 1885 and 1892 general elections as a Conservative, but was unsuccessful on both occasions.

He died in London on 4 June 1910, having been paralysed for some years.

Family Like his father, Jenkins was a Presbyterian.

In 1867 he married Hannah Matilda Johnstone, a daughter of William Johnson, of Belfast. They had five sons and two daughters.

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