Francis Graf von Jenison-Walworth

Count Francis von Jenison zu Walworth ( Francis Jenison) JP (20 January 1732 – 30 June 1799), was a British landowner who settled in the Electoral Palatinate. Early life Jenison was born on 20 January 1732 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was baptised into a prominent English Catholic family at Heighington in County Durham. He was a son of John Jenison (d. 1759) and Elizabeth ( Sandford) Jenison (d. 1773) of Low Walworth, in County Durham. His brothers John and James both became a Jesuit priests and Francis inherited the family estate. His paternal grandparents were John Jenison (a great-grandson of Thomas Jenison of Walworth Castle and Sir Thomas Gerard of Bryn) and Sarah ( Williams) Jenison, of Hereford. His maternal grandfather was Francis Sandford of Twemlow. Career Jenison served as a Justice of the Peace of County Durham and was an officer in the Dragoons. He sold the family estate, Low Walworth, and retired to the continent, settling in Heidelberg in 1775 where he became Chamberlain to the Elector Palatine Prince Charles Theodore (who also became Elector of Bavaria in 1777 upon the death of his 12th cousin, once removed, Prince Maximilian III Joseph).