Leoline Jenkins

1679 portrait of Sir Leoline Jenkins by Herbert Tuer

Sir Leoline Jenkins (1625 – 1 September 1685) was a Welsh academic, diplomat involved in the negotiation of international treaties (e.g. Nimègue), jurist and politician. He was a clerical lawyer who served as Judge of the High Court of Admiralty from 1668 to 1685, and enjoyed a high reputation for judicial integrity.[1] As a statesman he served as Secretary of State from 1680 to 1684.[2]

  1. ^ Diary of Samuel Pepys 26 March 1667
  2. ^ Kenyon, J. P. Stuart England (Pelican Books 1990) p.238

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