Second Earl of Liverpool
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Wars, Battles, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Napoleonic Wars
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, British History, 18th Century European History
Article abstract: As prime minister from 1812 to 1827, Liverpool led Great Britain to victory over Napoleon, rode out the domestic strife of the postwar years, and directed the economic recovery and liberal legislation of the 1820’s.
Early Life
Robert Banks Jenkinson, who would become the second Earl of Liverpool, was born in London on June 7, 1770. His mother, née Amelia Watts, daughter of an ex-governor of Fort William in Bengal, died a month after the birth. He was thus reared by his father, Charles Jenkinson, first Baron Hawkesbury and first Earl...
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