Skip Ribbon Commands
Skip to main content
MENU
Skip Navigation LinksHome Members Former Members

Former Member Details

Mr Robert Pitt JENKINS (1814 - 1859)

Member Photo
Date of Birth: 26/01/1814
Place of Birth: New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 26/10/1859
Place of Death: At sea near Wales
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 22 May 1856 26 Oct 1859 3 years 5 months 5 days First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 13 May 1856.
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist. Owned Bombala (also spelt 'Bumballa' or 'Bombolla'), near Marulan. Also held Bangus, squatting run in the Murrumbidgee District. Signed a petition to import coolie labour in 1842.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Robert Jenkins, merchant and landowner, and Jemima Pitt. Married Louisa Adelaide Plunkett on 10 November 1843 in New South Wales. Church of England.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.