COMMANDER // 1770–1828
Robert Jenkinson
Prime Minister of the United KingdomUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lifespan
1770 – 1828
Profile
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. Before becoming prime minister he had been foreign secretary, home secretary and secretary of state for war and the colonies. He held the constituency of Rye from 1790 until 1803, when he was elevated to the House of Lords, where he was Leader 1803–1806 and 1807–1827.