Jenkinson , Charles , 1727-1808 , 1st Earl of Liverpool , politician

Charles Jenkinson (1727-1808) became private secretary to the 3rd Earl of Bute, favourite of George III, in 1760. In 1763, having been elected to Parliament, Jenkinson was appointed Joint Secretary of the Treasury. Chosen as Vice-Treasurer for Ireland in 1773, he became a member of the Privy Council. Later he was Master of the Royal Mint (1775-78) and, during the American Revolution, Secretary at War (1778-82). During the first ministry (from 1783) of the William Pitt the younger, Jenkinson proved an invaluable adviser. In 1786 he was appointed chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster and president of the Board of Trade. A member of the Cabinet from 1791, he became an invalid about 1801, ceased to attend Cabinet meetings, and by the middle of 1804 had resigned all his offices. He was created Baron Hawkesbury in 1786 and Earl of Liverpool in 1796. Publications: A Discourse on the conduct of the Government of Great Britain in respect to neutral nations during the present war (R. Griffiths: London, 1758); A Collection of all the Treaties of Peace, Alliance, and Commerce between Great-Britain and other Powers; from the Treaty signed at Munster in 1648, to the Treaties signed at Paris in 1783. To which is prefixed a Discourse on the conduct of the Government of Great-Britain in respect to neutral nations (London, 1785); A Treatise on the Coins of the Realm [Oxford, 1798?]; Constitutional Maxims, extracted from a discourse on the establishment of a National and Constitutional Force (London, 1757).