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Charles was educated at Charterhouse school and University College, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. in 1752. In 1761 he entered parliament as member for Cockermouth and was made Under-Secretary of State by Lord Bute; he won the favor of George IIIGeorge III (George William Frederick) ( 4 June 1738 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was c, and when Bute retired Jenkinson became the leader of the King's Friends in the House of CommonsThe House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 659 members, who are known as "Members of Parliamen. In 1763Events February 10 French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain. 15 February the Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria and their allies March 1 Charl George GrenvilleGeorge Grenville ( October 14, 1712 November 13, 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served in government for the relatively short period of nine years (reaching the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain); Sir Robert Walpole served as Prime Minis appointed him joint Secretary to the TreasuryThis article is about various offices in the government of the United Kingdom. For the American cabinet post, see United States Secretary of the Treasury. In the United Kingdom, there are at least five Secretaries to the Treasury officials officially acti; in 1766Events January 1 Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain as King Charles III and figurehead for Jacobitism. March 5 Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans. March 18 Am, after a short retirement, he became a Lord of the AdmiraltyFor the international law of the sea, see Admiralty law. For the area of Hong Kong, see Admiralty, Hong Kong Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander P and then a Lord of the TreasuryHM Treasury Her/His Majesty's Treasury is the United Kingdom government department responsible for and putting into effect the UK Government's financial and economic policy. The Treasury's stated aim is to raise the rate of sustainable growth, and achieve in the Grafton administration; and from 1778 until the close of Lord North's ministry in 1782 he was Secretary at War. From 1786 to 1801 he was President of the Board of Trade and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and he was popularly regarded as enjoying the confidence of the king to a special degree. In 1772 Jenkinson became a Privy Councillor and Vice Treasurer of Ireland, and in 1775 he purchased the lucrative sinecure of clerk of the pells in Ireland and became Master of the Mint. In 1786 he was created Baron Hawkesbury and ten years later Earl of Liverpool. He died in London on 17 December 1808.

Liverpool was twice married: first to Amelia (d. 1770), daughter of William Watts, governor of Fort William, Bengal, and secondly to Catherine, daughter of Sir Cecil Bisshoff, Bart., and widow of Sir Charles Cope, Bart. be had a son by each marriage. His eldest son, Robert, was to become a prominent politician and eventually Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Liverpool wrote several political works but except his Treatise on the Coins of the Realm (1805) these are, according to the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, "without striking merits."

The Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia was named after Jenkinson shortly after he was created Baron Hawkesbury.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica