Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (16 May 1729-17 December 1808), English statesman, eldest son of Colonel Charles Jenkinson (d. 1750) and grandson of Sir Robert Jenkinson, Bt, of Walcot, Oxfordshire, was born in Winchester. The family was descended from Anthony Jenkinson (d. 1611), sea-captain, merchant and traveller, the first Englishman to penetrate into Central Asia. May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in South East England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. ... Winchester Cathedral as seen from the Cathedral Close Arms of Winchester City Council Winchester is a city in southern England, and the administrative capital of the county of Hampshire, with a population of around 35,000. ... Map of Central Asia outlined in orange showing one set of possible borders Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ...

Charles was educated at Charterhouse School and University College, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. in 1752. In 1761 he entered parliament as member for Cockermouth and was made Under-Secretary of State by Lord Bute; he won the favor of George III, and when Bute retired Jenkinson became the leader of the King's Friends in the House of Commons. In 1763 George Grenville appointed him joint Secretary to the Treasury; in 1766, after a short retirement, he became a Lord of the Admiralty and then a Lord of the Treasury in the Grafton administration; and from 1778 until the close of Lord North's ministry in 1782 he was Secretary at War. From 1786 to 1803 he was President of the Board of Trade and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and he was popularly regarded as enjoying the confidence of the king to a special degree. In 1772 Jenkinson became a Privy Councillor and Vice Treasurer of Ireland, and in 1775 he purchased the lucrative sinecure of clerk of the pells in Ireland and became Master of the Mint. In 1786 he was created Baron Hawkesbury and ten years later Earl of Liverpool. He died in London on 17 December 1808. Charterhouse School is a British public school, located in Godalming in the county of Surrey. ... University College (in full, the College of the Great Hall of the University, commonly known as University College in the University of Oxford, usually known by its derivative, Univ), is the oldest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and is amongst the largest... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Cockermouth is a historic town in Cumbria, England, where the River Cocker flows into the River Derwent. ... John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (May 25, 1713 - March 10, 1792), was a Scottish nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1762-1763) under George III. He had previously served as tutor to George, who was then the Prince of Wales. ... George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... George Grenville (October 14, 1712—November 13, 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served in government for the relatively short period of nine years (reaching the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain); Sir Robert Walpole served as Prime Minister alone for twenty-one years, for example. ... This article is about various offices in the government of the United Kingdom. ... 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ... The new eastern entrance to HM Treasury HM Treasury (Her/His Majestys Treasury) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for and putting into effect the UK Governments financial and economic policy. ... Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (October 1, 1735 - March 14, 1811), was a British politician of the Georgian era. ... 1785 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (April 13, 1732–August 5, 1792), more often known by his earlier title, Lord North, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782, and a major actor in the American Revolution. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Secretary at War was a position with some responsibility over the administration of the British military. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The President of the Board of Trade the title of a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. ... The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the British government. ... 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Liverpool was twice married: first to Amelia (d. 1770), daughter of William Watts, governor of Fort William, Bengal, and secondly to Catherine, daughter of Sir Cecil Bisshoff, Bart., and widow of Sir Charles Cope, Bart. be had a son by each marriage. His eldest son, Robert, was to become a prominent politician and eventually Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Liverpool wrote several political works but except his Treatise on the Coins of the Realm (1805) these are, according to the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, "without striking merits." A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (June 7, 1770 - December 4, 1828) was a British statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... (Redirected from 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica) The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ...

The Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia as well as Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada were named after Jenkinson shortly after he was created Baron Hawkesbury. The Hawkesbury River is one of the major rivers of the coastal region of New South Wales, Australia. ... Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... Hawkesbury is a town in Eastern Ontario on the Ottawa River, near the Quebec/Ontario border. ...

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The President of the Board of Trade the title of a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. ... The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the British government. ... Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester (1756-1826), known before 1805 as Lord Pelham, son of the 1st earl, was surveyor-general of ordnance in Lord Rockinghams 2nd ministry (1782), and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the coalition ministry of 1783. ...