A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jenner, George
JENNER. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
George Jenner was born 21 Nov. 1791, in Suffolk.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Milan 38, Capt. Robt. Laurie, in which frigate he was employed in escorting convoy to Halifax, blockading the Chesapeake, and conveying troops and stores to Lisbon. On 23 Sept. 1810, a few days after he had been paid off, he became Midshipman of the Désirée 36, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, attached to the force in the North Sea, where he served for some time off the Texel, and assisted at the capture, among other vessels, of the Velocifère, French privateer of 14 guns and 56 men. From the Désirée, in whose boats he had been more than once employed, Mr. Jenner removed, in Oct. 1811, to the Ajax 74, Capts. Sir R. Laurie, Robt. Waller Otway, and Geo. Mundy. Continuing in that ship until Oct. 1814, he was at first stationed off Toulon and Sicily. He afterwards cruized in the Bays of Biscay and Quiberon, and, besides witnessing the fall of St. Sebastian in Sept. 1813, was present at the taking, 17 March, 1814, of L’Alcyon, national brig of 16 guns and 120 men. In the boats of the Ajax he proved instrumental to the capture of several merchantmen; and on one occasion in 1812 he had the satisfaction of being complimented by his Captain, Otway, for his conduct at the capture of the Ned American schooner. Since the attainment of his present rank, 20 March, 1815, Lieut. Jenner (who, prior to leaving the Ajax, had made a voyage with troops to Quebec) has been on half-pay.
He married, 22 Feb. 1822, Sarah, daughter of Thos. Youngs, Esq., of Mendham, Suffolk.