Terence Andrew Jenkins

Background

Terence Andrew Jenkins was born on May 30, 1958, in the United Kingdom. He is the son of Griffith Hugh Jenkins, a factory worker, and Ivy (Deering) Jenkins.

Education

Jenkins graduated from the University of East Anglia with first class honors, obtaining his bachelor's degree from it in 1979. Five years later he became Doctor of Philosophy at the Cambridge University.

Career

Jenkins was appointed to the Cambridge University as a British Academy postdoctoral fellow in 1987, staying at that position for 3 years. He worked as a lecturer at the University of East Anglia for a year from 1990. After that period of time, he moved to the University of Exeter, where he held the same position till 1992. Jenkins also served as a lecturer at the University of East Anglia, from 1992 till 1994, and from 1995 till 1996. The next educational institution where he served as a lecturer was the University of Bristol, where he worked for a year from 1996. Jenkins was one of the researchers of the History of Parliament in London from 1998. History of Parliament is a project to write a complete history of the United Kingdom Parliament.

Jenkins is the author of a great number of books, including Gladstone, Whiggery, and the Liberal Party, The Liberal Ascendancy, Disraeli and Victorian Conservatism and Parliament, Party, and Politics in Victorian Britain. In addition, he is a contributor to periodicals, including the Historical Journal, the Historical Review, the Modern History Review and the Parliamentary History.

Achievements

• For his book Gladstone, Whiggery, and the Liberal Party Jenkins received the Prince Consort Prize for History from the Cambridge University in 1988.

Works

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  • Gladstone, Whiggery and the Liberal Party, 1874-1886

    (This reassessment of the role of the aristocratic Whigs i...)

  • Sir Robert Peel (British History in Perspective)

    (Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) is always remembered for thre...)

  • The Liberal Ascendancy, 1830-1886 (British Studies Series)

    (The diverse coalition of forces that came to be known as ...)

    1994
  • Disraeli and Victorian Conservatism (British History in Perspective)

    (Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, remains one of t...)

    1996
  • Parliament, Party and Politics in Victorian Britain (New Frontiers in History)

    (The period between 1830 and 1900 witnessed profound socia...)

    1996
  • Trelawny Diaries 1858–1865: The Parliamentary Diaries of Sir John Trelawny, 1858–1865 (Camden Fourth Series)

Views

Quotations: "I wrote stories from an early age (seven or eight years old) and experimented with poetry in my teens—no talent at all! As the author of works on political history, I suppose I have found a way of combining my scholarly interests with my desire to write. This is probably why my work tends to be rather more in the narrative style than is currently fashionable."

Membership

Jenkins is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Interests

• numismatics, classical music (piano)

Connections

Father:

Griffith Hugh Jenkins

Mother:

Ivy (Deering) Jenkins