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Jennings, George Arthur, son of Arthur Henry Jennings, brewer, of Ipswich, and Elsie Beatrice, d. of George John Holloway, manufacturing clothier, of Stroud, Gloucs; b. 3 Aug. 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (A); left July 1930; a civil engineer GWR 1930-51; district engineer Gold Coast Rly 1951-4, GWR 1954-6, Nigerian Rly Corpn 1956-70, Zaire Rly 1970-3; acting British Consul Zaire 1971-3; m. 1st 12 Aug. 1931 Elsie May Cooper, d. of Henry David Cooper of Llanelli, Carms; 2nd 22 July 1969 Audrey Charlotte, d. of Albert Steven Stanbrook Martin, widow of Col. A. H. B. Dyer; d. Jan. 2005.

JENNINGS, GEORGE, only son of Adm. Sir John Jennings, Kt. MP, Rear-Adm. of Great Britain, and Alice, dau. of Francis Breton, Wallington, Herts.; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 6 Apr 1721 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jul 1730; left 1737; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, adm. 1737, matr. 1738; MP Whitchurch 8 Mar 1757-68, St. Germans 14 Dec 1768-74, Thetford from 1784; Comptroller-Gen., Army; of Newsells, Herts.; DL Hertfordhire 1745, JP Hertfordshire 1746; m. 1 May 1741 Lady Mary de Burgh, younger dau. of Michael de Burgh, 10th Earl of Clanricarde (I); d. 5 Jun 1790.

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.

JENNINGS, JOHN, brother of Sir Philip Jennings-Clerke, Bart. (qv); bapt. St. Anne’s, Soho 23 Sep 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jul 1743 (Lloyd's); left 1746; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 May 1748; BA 1752.

JENNINGS, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1739 (Deane's); left 1742.

JENNINGS, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1740/1 (Bourne's); left 1749.

JENNINGS, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1752 (Bourne's); in school list 1754.

JENNINGS, JOHN; b.; adm.; BB 1702-4 (Chapter Muniments 33734-6). [Perhaps John Jenings, son of Thomas Jenings, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and his first wife Elizabeth Loton; bapt. Westminster Abbey 12 Feb 1690/1; clerk, House of Lords 1706-18, Clerk of the Journals from 1718; m.; d. 11 Jan 1736/7]

JENNINGS, RICHARD WILLIAM, son of William David Jennings, Proctor, Court of Arches; b. 28 May 1801; adm. 24 Apr 1816 (G); left Christmas 1817; adm. solicitor Hilary 1825; adm. proctor, Court of Arches 1825; firm Jennings and Son, Bennet’s Hill, City of London; m. 30 Oct 1827 Mary Ann Spong, dau. of Dr. Francis Smith, Maidstone, Kent; d. 18 Aug 1869.

JENNINGS, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1729; left 1734.