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| Jenyns [post Blomefield], Leonard. Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 20, 1817. [Youngest] s. of the Rev. George Leonard (above), of Bottisham Hall, Cambridgeshire [and Mary, dau. of the late W. Heberden, M.D.]. [B. May 25, 1800, in London .] School, Eton [ Buckinghamshire ]. Matric. Michs. 1818; B.A. 1822; M.A. 1825. Ord. deacon (Lincoln, Litt. dim . from Ely) May 23, 1823; priest (Bristol, Litt. dim . from Ely) June 6, 1824; C. of Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire , 1823-8; V. there, 1828-49; in May, 1838 "bitterly complaining of his solitude," as his friend, Charles Darwin, records. C. of Woolley Chapelry, near Bath [ Somerset ], 1852-60. Member of the Linnean Society, 1822; of the Zoological, Entomological, Ray, and other societies. Married (1) Apr. 23, 1844, at Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire , Jane, eldest dau. of the Rev. Edward A. Daubeny, R. of Ampney Crucis [ Gloucestershire ]; (2) June 24, 1862, at Stapleford, Cambridgeshire , Sarah, eldest dau. of the Rev. Robert Hawthorn, V. of Stapleford [ Cambridgeshire ]. Took the name of Blomefield, upon inheriting considerable property, 1871. Author, A Manual of British Vertebrate Animals; Observations in Natural History; Chapters in My Life; Memoir of Professor Henslow . Resided at Swainswick, Somerset , and latterly at Bath [ Somerset ]. Founder and first President of the Bath Natural History Club and presented the "Jenyns" library to the city of Bath [ Somerset ]. Died Sept. 1, 1893, at Bath [ Somerset ]. ( Crockford; D.N.B., under Blomefield; Clergy List; G. Mag ., 1862, II. 222 b; Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, I. 289; The Guardian, Sept. 6, 1893; C. R. Hudleston.) | Leonard JENYNS Leonard BLOMEFIELD Approx. lifespan: 1800–1893 pens. St John's College adm1817:10:20 Youngest s. of Rev. George LEONARD (above),, of Bottisham Hall, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire and Mary HEBERDEN dau. of (the late) W. HEBERDEN MD . [ b. 1800:05:25 in London Sch: Eton Matric 1818:10MT: BA 1822 MA 1825 Ord. deacon Lincoln, Litt. dim . from Ely 1823:05:23 Ord. priest Bristol, Litt. dim . from Ely 1824:06:06 C.: Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire 1823-28 V.: there [ Cambridgeshire ] 1828-49 ; in1838:05 "bitterly complaining of his solitude," as his friend, Charles Darwin, records. C.: Woolley Chapelry, near Bath, [ Somerset ] 1852-60 Member of: Linnean Society 1822 of the Zoological, Entomological, Ray, and other societies. m. (1) 1844:04:23 at Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire Jane DAUBENY eldest dau. of Rev. Edward A. DAUBENY R.: Ampney Crucis, [ Gloucestershire ] m. (2) 1862:06:24 at Stapleford, Cambridgeshire Sarah HAWTHORN eldest dau. of Rev. Robert HAWTHORN V.: Stapleford, [ Cambridgeshire ] Took the name of Blomefield, upon inheriting considerable property 1871 Publ.: A Manual of British Vertebrate Animals; Observations in Natural History; Chapters in My Life; Memoir of Professor: Henslow At Swainswick, Somerset , and latterly at Bath, [ Somerset ] Founder: and first President: of Bath Natural History Club and presented the "Jenyns" library to the city of Bath, [ Somerset ] d. Bath, [ Somerset ] 1893:09:01 ( Crockford; D.N.B., under Blomefield; Clergy List; G. Mag . 1862, II. 222 b; Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, I. 289; The Guardian 1893:09:06 [add:](C.R. Hudleston.))[:add] |