Richard Jenkin
Cornish writer (1925-2002)
Richard Garfield Jenkin (9 October 1925 – 29 October 2002), was a Cornish nationalist politician and one of the founding members of Mebyon Kernow. He was also a Grand Bard of the Gorseth Kernow.
Cornish language
In 1947, Jenkin was made a Bard of the Gorseth Kernow through Cornish language qualification, while serving in the British Army. He chose the bardic name Map Dyvroeth, meaning 'son of exile'.
He was a Grand Bard of the Gorseth Kernow twice, between 1976 and 1982 and between 1985 and 1988.
Jenkin was secretary of the International Celtic Congress and later its president. He gave strong support to the Cornish Constitutional Convention. He was president of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies from 1991 to 1992.
Political career
In 1951, Jenkin was one of the founding members of the Cornish nationalist party Mebyon Kernow. Jenkin and his wife produced a magazine in 1952 called New Cornwall, which publicised Mebyon Kernow news and policies.
“Richard Jenkin” enters the record as cornish writer (1925-2002). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Richard, Jenkin and Cornish can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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