Patrick Jenkin

The Right Honourable The Lord Jenkin of Roding PC
Jenkin makes his final speech in the House of Lords, 2014.
Secretary of State for the Environment
In office 12 June 1983 – 2 September 1985
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Tom King
Succeeded by	Kenneth Baker
Other government offices Secretary of State for Industry In office 14 September 1981 – 12 June 1983 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Keith Joseph Succeeded by Cecil Parkinson (Trade and Industry) Secretary of State for Social Services In office 4 May 1979 – 14 September 1981 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by David Ennals Succeeded by Norman Fowler Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services In office 19 November 1976 – 4 May 1979 Leader Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Norman Fowler Succeeded by Stanley Orme Shadow Secretary of State for Energy In office 18 February 1975 – 19 November 1976 Leader Margaret Thatcher Succeeded by John Biffen Chief Secretary to the Treasury In office 7 April 1972 – 8 January 1974 Prime Minister Edward Heath Preceded by Maurice Macmillan Succeeded by Tom Boardman Financial Secretary to the Treasury In office 19 June 1970 – 7 April 1972 Prime Minister Edward Heath Preceded by Dick Taverne Succeeded by Terence Higgns
Member of Parliament for Wanstead and Woodford
In office 15 October 1964 – 11 June 1987
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	James Arbuthnot
Personal details
Born	Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin (1926-09-07)7 September 1926 Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
Died	20 December 2016(2016-12-20) (aged 90) Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, U.K.
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Monica (m.1950)
Children	Daughters Nicola and Flora, and sons Charles and Bernard
Alma mater	Jesus College, Cambridge Middle Temple, Inns of Court

Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, PC (7 September 1926^[1] – 20 December 2016)^[2][3] was a British Conservative politician who served as a cabinet minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government.

Life and career

Jenkin was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Clifton College in Bristol and Jesus College, Cambridge. He became a barrister, called by the Middle Temple in 1952, and company director. He was a councillor on Hornsey Borough Council from 1960 to 1963.

The following year, Jenkin became the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wanstead and Woodford. From 1965, he served as an Opposition spokesman on economic and trade affairs. He was a member of the Bow Group from 1951.^[4] In January 1974, he became Minister for Energy just weeks before the Conservatives fell from office, and participated in many ways in the government of Margaret Thatcher. He served as Secretary of State for Social Services from 1979 to 1981, then as Secretary of State for Industry until 1983, and finally as Secretary of State for the Environment from 1983 to 1985.

Jenkin retired from the Commons at the 1987 general election. He was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer with the title Baron Jenkin of Roding, of Wanstead and Woodford in Greater London.^[1][5][6] Whilst in the Lords, Jenkin was interviewed in 2012 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history project.^[7] He was noted for his contribution to the debate during the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.^[8] On 6 January 2015 he retired from the House of Lords pursuant to section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.^[9] He died on 20 December 2016, aged 90.^[2]

Jenkin was president of the Foundation for Science and Technology, and a vice-president of the Local Government Association.^[4] His son, Bernard, is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex. Lord Jenkin's grandfather, Frewen, was the first Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford from 1908 in the newly created Department of Engineering Science, and the namesake of the Jenkin Building at Oxford. Lord Jenkin's great-grandfather was the scientist Fleeming Jenkin.

Arms

Coat of arms of Patrick Jenkin

Coronet Coronet of a baron Crest On a Mural Crown per pale Argent and Sable a Lion rampant reguardant Sable armed and langued Gules Escutcheon Argent a Lion rampant reguardant Sable armed and langued Gules within a Bordure also Sable Supporters Dexter: a Seal erect on a Rock; Sinister: a Stag erect on a Grassy Mount, all proper Motto Toujours Fidele (Always faithful) [10]

References

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Patrick Jenkin