Count Franz Oliver von Jenison-Walworth (9 June 1787 – 20 May 1867) was a Bavarian politician and diplomat.

[5] His paternal grandparents were Count Francis Jenison of Walworth and the former Charlotte Smith, who were English born landowners who relocated to Heidelberg.

[6] Franz began his diplomatic career at the age of 23 as a Bavarian legation secretary in Berlin.

In 1824, the same year he was married, he was appointed Bavarian Envoy to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at The Hague.

[7] From 1833 to 1847, during the reign of King Ludwig I he served, successively, as the Bavarian Envoy to the most important courts in Europe.