Rae Jenkins MBE FRAM, born Henry Horatio Jenkins[1] (19 April 1903[1] – 29 March 1985[2]) was a Welsh violinist and later conductor of light music, notably with the BBC Midland Light Orchestra (1942–1946),[3] the BBC Variety Orchestra (from 1946), and as principal conductor of the BBC Welsh Orchestra (1950–1965).
[8] His parents eventually found the means to send him to the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 17, where he studied viola under Lionel Tertis and conducting under Sir Henry Wood.
[8] Jenkins worked on radio programmes, including It's That Man Again (ITMA).
[3] He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 6 September 1965.
[10] He was a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (FRAM).