Robert Banks Jenkinson (jun 8, 1812 – feb 17, 1827)
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despite his long tenure of office, was overshadowed by the greater political imaginativeness of his colleagues, George Canning and Viscount Castlereagh , and by the military prowess of the Duke of Wellington.“(I consider) the right of election as a public trust, granted not for the benefit of the individual, but for the public good.”
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Date:
jun 8, 1812
feb 17, 1827
~ 14 years