806 David Jenkins

Constituency : Penryn  and  Falmouth  1874-86

David  clawed  back  one  of  the  Penryn  and  Falmouth  seats  from  the  Tories.

David  was  originally  from  South  Wales. He  was  educated  at  Teignmouth  Grammar  School . He  joined  the  navy  and  was  involved  in  the  Baltic  theatre  of  the  Crimean  War. He  started  a  shipping  firm  in  1861  which  operated  mainly  in  the  Indian  Ocean.  In  1868  he  contested  Harwich.

David  said  Plimsoll  was  exaggerating  the  situation  in  regard  to  unseaworthy  vessels.

David  was  defeated  in  1886.

He  died  in  1891  aged  66. His  nephew  Edward  became  MP  for  Dundee.