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Maria Jane Gambier (1798–1820)
Maria Jane Jenyns (1820–1867)

1798/9–1867

Daughter of Sir James Gambier, consul-general in the Netherlands; married George Jenyns in London in 1820.

Sources

Alum. Cantab. s.v. Jenyns, George

BMD (Death index

Burke’s landed gentry 1850

Bury and Norwich Post, 31 May 1820, p. 2

Bibliography

Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

Burke’s landed gentry: A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but unvisited with heritable honours. Burke’s genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry. By John Burke et al. 1st–18th edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1833–1969.

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