JENNINGS, Edward (c.1647-1725), of Little Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and Duddlestone, Salop.

Family and Education

b. c. 1647, 5th ch. of Philip Jennings of Duddlestone by Christian, da. of Sir Gerard Eyton of Eyton, Salop; bro. of Sir John Jennings*. educ. I. Temple 1666, called 1673, bencher 1696, treasurer 1703. m. lic. 9 June 1666, aged 19, Elizabeth, da. of John Horne, girdler, of Foster Lane, Cheapside, London, 1s. Cussans, Herts. i(2), p. 196; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 759.

Offices Held

Attorney-gen. Caernarvon 1677–89, Denb. and Mont. 1686–9; QC 1702–d. W. R. Williams, Welsh Judges, 81; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxix. 325; Luttrell, Brief Relation, v. 230.

Commr. building 50 new churches 1711. E. G. W. Bill, Queen Anne Churches, p. xxiii.

Member, SPCK; chairman, Society of Trustees for charity schools in London and Westminster 1711–25. Info. from Dr Craig Rose.

Parlimentarian

JENNINGS, Edward (c.1647-1725), of Little Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and Duddlestone, Salop.

Main residences: Little Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.; Duddlestone, Salop.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

JENNINGS, Edward (c.1647-1725)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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