| Honorific Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
| Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins | |
| Honorific Suffix: | KCIE |
| Birth Date: | 22 December 1857 |
| Birth Place: | Cardigan, Wales |
| Death Place: | London, England |
| Occupation: | Jurist |
| Education: | Cheltenham College |
Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins, KCIE (22 December 1857 – 1 October 1928), was a British judge. He was the chief justice of the Calcutta and Bombay High Court, as well as a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.[1]
Jenkins was born in 1857 at The Priory, Cardigan. He was the younger son of solicitor Richard David Jenkins and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Lewis.[2]
Jenkins passed from Cheltenham College, Oxford, and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1883. He became the chief justice of the Bombay High Court for ten years (1898–1908); thereafter, Jenkins was selected as a member of the Council of India. On 17 August 1899 he was knighted,[3] and he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in the 1903 Durbar Honours.[4] Between 1909 and 1915 he was the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court after Justice Francis William Maclean.[5] He also served as District Grand Master of Freemasons for Bombay and Bengal and took an active part in all important public movements on social questions relating to British India.[6]
In his judgeship, Jenkins delivered several verdicts in relation to high-profile conspiracy and bombings, including the Alipore Bomb conspiracy case.[7] [8]
He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1916 and served as a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
He died at his home in London on 1 October 1928.[9]