Background
JEKYLL, Herbert was born on November 22, 1846 in London. 2nd surviving son of Edward Joseph Hill Jekyll, Wargrave Hill, Berkshire, formerly Captain Grenadier Guards, and Julia, daughter of Charles Hammersley.
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Herbert JEKYLL
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Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Career
Lieutenant Royal Engineers, 17 April 1806. Captain 1878; Major, 1886. Lieutenant-Colonel 1892.
Colonel 1896.
Retired, 1901. Served in Ashantee war, 1873-1874 (medal). Private secretary to Earl of Carnarvon, Secretary, of State for Colonies, 1876-1877S.
Secretary, of Colonial Defence Committee, and of Royal Committee, on Defence of British Possessions and Commerce, 1878-1882. Private secretary to Earl of Carnarvon, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1886-1886.
Secretary, of Royal Committee, on Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, 1887-1888.
Private secretary to Lord Houghton, LordLieut. of Ireland, 1892-1895. Commanding Royal Engineers, Cork District, 1895-1897. Secretary, to Royal Committee, for Paris Exhibition of 1900, 1897- 1901.
Acting Secretary, of Embassy, 1900.
SecretaryGeneral of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, 1901. Decorated for service in connection with the defence of the Empire. Cartulary-register 1901.
Assistant Secretary Board of Trade since 1901.
Membership
Clubs: Athemeum, Burlington Fine Arts.
Connections
Spouse 1881, Agnes, y.daughter of William Graham, Member of Parliament
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British