[6][7][8] On 21 June 1954, Jenkinson married for a second time, to Mary Wilson, who had lived in East Yorkshire before residing at Great Gonerby for a year prior to the marriage.
[2] At the end of 1964 the Council presented him with a silver casket and inscribed scroll to commemorate his 50 years' service as a councillor, which was thought to be a national record.
During the proposals, Reeve quoted Sir Charles Welby as saying that Jenkinson's work in West Kesteven had shown him to be "a splendid chairman with a most statesmanlike and wide point of view".
[15] He subsequently chaired the Lincolnshire county branch of the NFU, and in 1937 was presented with a gold watch and silver salver in recognition of his eight years of service in that position.
For many years, Jenkinson also represented the NFU on the Agricultural Wages Board and was a life member of both the Lincolnshire Branch and the Executive Committee.
[2] Having been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his public services in 1958,[2] Jenkinson died at his home at Great Gonerby on 12 January 1965, aged 82.
[2] The NFU issued a statement saying that he was an "able negotiator" who "devoted the better part of his life serving his fellow man, particularly in the agricultural sector".