Selina Jenkinson
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| name = Selina Jenkinson
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| image = File:Catalogue of portraits, miniatures &c. - in the possession of Cecil George Savile, 4th Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward, &c (1905) (14760299121).jpg
| caption = Selina Jenkinson and her daughter Mary
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| birth_date = 3 July 1812
| birth_place = St. Marylebone, London, England
| death_date = 24 September 1883 (aged 71)
| death_place = Strand, London, England
| place of burial = Scofton, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.
| spouse = William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton (m. 1833)
George Savile Foljambe (m. 1845)
| issue = 4 (including Cecil Foljambe)
| father = Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool
| mother = Julia Shuckburgh-Evelyn
}}Lady Selina Charlotte Jenkinson, Viscountess Milton (3 July 1812 – 24 September 1883), also known by her married names as Selina Wentworth-Fitzwilliam and Selina Foljambe, was a British aristocrat in the 19th century. She was the mother of the Earl of Liverpool Cecil Foljambe.
Biography
Selina Jenkinson was born in London, England, and was christened on 28 July 1812 at St Marylebone Parish Church.{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Marthan |title=SELINA CHARLOTTE Jenkinson (1812-1883) » Families Klein, Ree, de Breed en de Vries van Terschelling » Genealogy Online |url=https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/families-klein-ree-ea/I139831.php |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Genealogy Online |language=en}} She was the second child of the influential politician Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool and his wife Julia Shuckburgh-Evelyn.
She was a niece of the Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool.{{Cite web |title=Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd earl of Liverpool {{!}} Napoleonic Wars, Toryism, Reform Bill {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Banks-Jenkinson-2nd-Earl-of-Liverpool |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} When her father died she took ownership of a rare collection of works of William Shakespeare.{{Cite web |title=THE THIRD FOLIO - SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the true original copies. The third impression. And unto this Impression is added seven Playes, never before Printed in Folio. Edited by John Heminge (d. 1630) and Henry Condell (d. 1627), except for the 7 additional plays. London: Printed [by Roger Daniel, John Hayes or Thomas Ratcliffe, and Alice Warren] for P[hilip]. C[hetwind], 1664. |url=https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5994408 |website=Christies}}
On 15 August 1833, she married William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton (1812–1835), with whom she had one child, a daughter. Her husband was the one of the youngest people to serve in Parliament in the modern era.{{Cite web |title=FITZWILLIAM, see Charles William Wentworth, Charles William Wentworth, Visct. Milton (1786-1857). {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/fitzwilliam-charles-1786-1857 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}} They lived at Cockglode House in the Sherwood Forest.{{Cite web |title=Nottinghamshire history > The Scenery of Sherwood Forest with an Acount of some Eminent People there (1908) > Cockglode |url=http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/books/rodgers1908/cockglode.htm |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.nottshistory.org.uk}} Her husband died within two years of marriage.{{Acad|id=FTSN826WC|name=Fitzwilliam the Hon. William Charles Wentworth}}
On 28 August 1845, the she remarried. She became the second wife of George Savile Foljambe and they had four children. Their eldest son by this marriage inherited property from his mother, and was created Earl of Liverpool.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Foljambe family of Osberton |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F23861 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |language=en-GB}} Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool was a leading Liberal politician who was Lord Steward of the Household and served in the New Zealand Wars.{{Cite web |title=Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury and 1st Earl of, 1846-1907 |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22354585 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=natlib.govt.nz}}
Lady Selina died on 24 September 1883. A memorial to her is at St. John the Divine Church in Felbridge.{{Cite web |title=Felbridge & District History Group :: Memorials in St. John the Divine |url=https://www.felbridge.org.uk/index.php/publications/memorials-st-john-divine/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.felbridge.org.uk}}
Issue
From her first marriage:
- Hon. Mary Selina Charlotte Fitzwilliam (9 January 1836 – 4 January 1899), who later married Henry Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman.{{Cite web |title=Mary Selina Charlotte (née Fitzwilliam), Viscountess Portman; William Henry Berkeley Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw143899/Mary-Selina-Charlotte-ne-Fitzwilliam-Viscountess-Portman-William-Henry-Berkeley-Portman-2nd-Viscount-Portman?LinkID=mp92742&role=sit&rNo=0 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.npg.org.uk |language=en}}
From her second marriage
- Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool (7 November 1846 – 23 March 1907), married Louisa Howard, daughter of Frederick John Howard and had two children; later married his first wife's cousin, Susan Cavendish, daughter of William Frederick Henry Cavendish. and had eleven children.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F61385 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |language=en-GB}}
- Frances Foljambe (17 October 1848 – 25 January 1921), married Savile L'Estrange Malone, and had four children, one of whom was the MP Cecil Malone.{{Cite web |title=The pilot, MP and communist pioneer - Discover Your Ancestors - Nick Thorne discovers the early aviator and first British communist MP Cecil L'Estrange Malone |url=https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/discover-your-ancestors/periodical/70/the-pilot-mp-and-communist-pioneer-6399/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.thegenealogist.co.uk}}
- Caroline Frederica Foljambe (16 October 1850 – 20 October 1895), married Arthur Leveson-Gower and had four children.
- Elizabeth Anne Foljambe (died 2 January 1930), married William Bury and had no issue.
References
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Category:19th-century English women