Career
Background and Early Born in Stevenage, England on 8 June 1806, son of Midgley Jennings. Educated at Christ"s College, Cambridge graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1829 and received his master"s degree in 1832. Ordained deacon at Lincoln in December 1830 and ordained priest in February 1831.
Chaplain with the East India Company from 1832.
Served variously at Cawnpore and other locations prior to a posting to Delhi in 1851. In Delhi as well as serving as chaplain to expatriate Europeans he focused on educational initiatives benefitting local students.
Murdered on 11 May 1857 at the start of the uprising against East India Company rule. Jennings was a cousin of poet John Keats.