Jennings, Henry Constantine, 1731-1819

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Jennings, Henry Constantine, 1731-1819

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        1731-1819

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        JENNINGS, HENRY CONSTANTINE, only son of Henry Jennings, Shiplake, Oxfordshire, and Susannah, dau. of Charles Kent, Westhall; bapt. Shiplake, Oxfordshire 15 Aug 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jun 1740; left 1749; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 1 May 1749, res. 16 Jan 1752; living in Italy c. 1753-61; collected classical antiquities; known as “Dog Jennings” from his purchase at Rome of a famous marble dog, sold at Christies 4 Apr 1778 for 1600 guineas; resided at Shiplake after his return to England; lost heavily on the turf, necessitating the sale of his collection; a prisoner in the Fleet 1777-8; subsequently settled in Essex and formed a second collection; falling again into debt, he became a prisoner at Chemsford Gaol, and his new collection had to be sold; living in Lindsey Row, Chelsea, from 1792, where he formed a third collection, comprising shells, precious stones, portraits and books; arrested for debt in 1816, but his latest collection was not sold until after his death; author, A Free Inquiry into the enormous increase of Attornies, 1785, and other publications; lic. to m. 1st, 28 Jul 1766 Juliana Atkinson; m. 2nd, 1777 Elizabeth Katherine, dau. of Roger Nowell, Bobins Place, Kent; d. in Belvidere Place, St. George’s Fields, within the rules of the King’s Bench, 17 Feb 1819. DNB.

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        GB-2014-WSA-00838

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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