Person DS/UK/1467 Jinks; George (1861-1928); Jesuit Priest Jinks George 1861-1928 Jesuit Priest Male Born 2 August 1861 Chesterfield. Entered the English Province of the Society of Jesus 7 September 1879. Ordained as a Roman Catholic priest 1895. Final vows in the Society of Jesus 2 February 1900. Died 15 January 1928 Holywell, Wales.

George Jinks was educated at Mount St Mary’s from 1876-1879, and took the London B.A. from St Mary’s Hall. He taught Philosophy to the Stonyhurst Secular Philosophers from 1888 to 1892. He was ordained at St Beuno’s in 1895, and then taught at Stonyhurst again until in 1904 he went to South Africa. He taught at St Aidan’s College in Grahamstown for four years, and was minister for two. On his return to England he taught for about 18 months at Stonyhurst, then went successively to Wimbledon, Preston and Wardour Presbytery. He then succeeded Fr Luck as resident priest at Heythrop before moving to Holywell, where he spent the rest of his life. He was energetic, improving the church there and its associations. He rebuilt the tower, installed electric light at St Winefride’s School and in the Presbytery, improved the well and the shrine of St Winefride and encouraged the Holywell Catholic Young Men’s Society. At the time of his death he was learning Welsh in order to be able to communicate with the population in their own language. He died unexpectedly on 15 January 1928 after a short bout of influenza and pneumonia. Letters and Notices vol. 43, pp. 163-166 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes CURIA\mallen 12/05/2021 CURIA\mallen 12/05/2021 e60f6461-c4ed-4b55-a146-1f001ca3156a