Maurice Jenks

Sir Maurice Jenks, 1st Baronet, (25 November 1872 – 19 May 1946) was the 604th Lord Mayor of London from 1931–1932.

The son of Robert Isaac Jenks and Frances née Garnett, of Warrington, Lancashire, he qualified as a chartered accountant (FCA).

Managing Partner of Maurice Jenks, Percival & Co. (Chartered Accountants), he was elected as a Common Councilman for Cheapside in 1910 and served as Alderman for the Ward of Cheapside in the City from his election in 1923.

He was knighted in 1931 and created a Baronet, of Cheape, City of London on 8 October 1932.

Jenks served on the Post Office Advisory Committee and the Railway Rates Committee and was conferred with an Hon LLD by London University, the Honorary Freedom of the City of London and of Scarborough and Kommandør af 1. grad of the Order of Dannebrog.