Patrick Jenkin

Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, PC (7 September 1926 – 20 December 2016) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a cabinet minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government.

This article is about the British politician. He is not to be confused with Patrick Jenkins.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Jenkin of Roding
PC
Patrick Jenkin
Secretary of State for the Environment
In office
12 June 1983 – 2 September 1985
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byTom King
Succeeded byKenneth Baker
Secretary of State for Industry
In office
14 September 1981 – 12 June 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byKeith Joseph
Succeeded byCecil Parkinson[nb]
Secretary of State for Health and Social Services
In office
4 May 1979 – 14 September 1981
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byDavid Ennals
Succeeded byNorman Fowler
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
7 April 1972 – 8 January 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byMaurice Macmillan
Succeeded byTom Boardman
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
19 June 1970 – 7 April 1972
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byDick Taverne
Succeeded byTerence Higgins
Member of Parliament
for Wanstead and Woodford
In office
15 October 1964 – 18 May 1987
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJames Arbuthnot
Shadow cabinet positions
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services
In office
19 November 1976 – 4 May 1979
LeaderMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byNorman Fowler
Succeeded byStan Orme
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy
In office
18 February 1975 – 19 November 1976
LeaderMargaret Thatcher
Succeeded byJohn Biffen
Personal details
Born
Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin

(1926-09-07)7 September 1926[1]
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died20 December 2016(2016-12-20) (aged 90)
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
SpouseMonica Graham (m. 1950, d. 2022)[2]
Children4, including Bernard
Alma mater
n.b. ^ As Sec. of State for Trade and Industry.

Life and career

Jenkin was born in September 1926 and educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Clifton College in Bristol and Jesus College, Cambridge. He became a barrister, called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1952, and company director. He was a councillor on Hornsey Borough Council from 1960 to 1963.

The following year, Jenkin became the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wanstead and Woodford. From 1965, he served as an Opposition spokesman on economic and trade affairs. He was a member of the Bow Group from 1951.[3] In January 1974, he became Minister for Energy just weeks before the Conservatives fell from office, and participated in many ways in the government of Margaret Thatcher. He served as Secretary of State for Social Services from 1979 to 1981, then as Secretary of State for Industry until 1983, and finally as Secretary of State for the Environment from 1983 to 1985.

Jenkin retired from the Commons at the 1987 general election. He was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer with the title Baron Jenkin of Roding, of Wanstead and Woodford in Greater London.[4][5] Whilst in the Lords, Jenkin was interviewed in 2012 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history project.[6] He was noted for his contribution to the debate during the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.[7] On 6 January 2015 he retired from the House of Lords pursuant to section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.[8] He died on 20 December 2016, aged 90.[9][10]

Jenkin was president of the Foundation for Science and Technology, and a vice-president of the Local Government Association.[3]

Family and personal life

Lord Jenkin's grandfather, Frewen, was the first Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford from 1908 in the newly created Department of Engineering Science, and the namesake of the Jenkin Building at Oxford. Lord Jenkin's great-grandfather was the engineer Fleeming Jenkin.

In 1958, he married (Alison) Monica Graham (1928–2022). They had two sons and two daughters. Their younger son, Bernard, is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex.

Arms
Coat of arms of Patrick Jenkin
Coronet
Coronet of a baron
Crest
On a Mural Crown per pale Argent and Sable a Lion rampant reguardant Sable armed and langued Gules
Escutcheon
Argent a Lion rampant reguardant Sable armed and langued Gules within a Bordure also Sable
Supporters
Dexter: a Seal erect on a Rock; Sinister: a Stag erect on a Grassy Mount, all proper
Motto
Toujours Fidele (Always faithful)

References
  1. Who Was Who: Jenkin of Roding, Baron cr 1987 (Life Peer), of Wanstead and Woodford in Greater London (Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin)
  2. "Births, marriages and deaths: July 26, 2022". The Times.
  3. "UK Parliament Biography". Parliament of the United Kingdom.
  4. "No. 51014". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 July 1987. pp. 1–2.
  5. "No. 51113". The London Gazette. 6 November 1987. p. 1.
  6. "Oral history: JENKIN, Patrick (b.1926)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  7. "Lord Jenkin: I was taught that condemning a homosexual is the same as condemning someone with red hair". PinkNews. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  8. "Lords Hansard text for 06 Jan 2015 (pt 0001)". publications.parliament.uk.
  9. Elgot, Jessica (21 December 2016). "Former Tory minister Lord Jenkin dies aged 90". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  10. "Former Cabinet minister Lord Jenkin dies". Sky News. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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