Liverpool, Charles Jenkinson, Earls of, 1727-1851 : Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1727-1808), was born 16 May 1727. He was the eldest son of Colonel Charles Jenkinson (d. 1750) by his wife, Amarantha, daughter of Captain Wolfran Cornewall, R.N. He was educated at Charterhouse and University College, Oxford. He became under-secretary of state, 1761; secretary to the Treasury, 1763-1765; led the 'King's friends' after the retirement of Bute; was Master of the Mint, 1775; Secretary at War, 1778; and President of the Board of Trade, 1786. He was created Baron Hawkesbury in 1786 and in 1796 advanced to the earldom of Liverpool. He died on 17 December 1808.
Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl, 1770-1828 : Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828), was born on 7 June 1770. He was the eldest son of Charles Jenkinson, afterwards 1st Earl of Liverpool (1727-1808), by his first wife, Amelia, daughter of William Watts (d. 1770), formerly governor of Fort William, Bengal. He was educated at Charterhouse and at Christ Church, Oxford. From 1796 until he succeeded to the earldom in 1808, he bore the courtesy title of Lord Hawkesbury. His long period of political service included appointments as Commissioner for Indian Affairs, 1793-1799; Master of the Mint, 1799-1801; a Lord of Trade and Foreign Plantations, 1799; Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, 1801-1804; Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1804-1806, 1807-1809; Secretary of State for the Colonial and War Department, 1809-1812; First Lord of the Treasury, 1812-1827. He died on 4 December 1828 and, having no issue, was succeeded by his half-brother, Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1784-1851).
Reeves, John, 1752?-1829 : John Reeves, F.R.S. (1752-1829), was born in London, England, on 20 November 1752 and was educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1779 and appointed legal adviser to the Privy Council committee for trade from 1787. In 1790 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1791 Reeves was appointed first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland for one year. After ably filling his difficult position and doing much to reform the legal system in the colony, he was called upon in 1793 to give evidence before the House of Commons Committee to enquire into the state of the trade to Newfoundland. (That evidence, which was also printed separately, may be found in the Parliamentary Bluebook.) In April 1793, Reeves completed his well-known History of the government of the island of Newfoundland, the first comprehensive account of the island's past. In 1800, Reeves was appointed King's printer and in 1824 elected a Bencher of the Inns of Court. He died, unmarried, and was buried in the Temple Church (St. Mary's) on 17 August 1829.
