J. L. Joynes Sr.
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Born | James Leigh Joynes 27 September 1824 Frindsbury, Kent, England |
Died | 29 June 1908 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England | (aged 83)
Education |
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Occupation(s) | Clergyman, schoolmaster |
Spouse |
Elizabeth Johanne Unger
(m. 1859) |
Children | J. L. Joynes Jr. |
Relatives | Henry Stephens Salt (son-in-law) |
James Leigh Joynes (27 September 1824 – 29 June 1908) was an English clergyman and schoolmaster. he was ordained deacon in 1848 and priest in 1854. He taught at Eton College from 1849 to 1887.
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Joynes was born in Frindsbury, Kent, on 27 September 1824.[1] His father was Richard Symonds Joynes, the Rector of Gravesend.[2] He was educated at Eton College[2] before attending King's School, Rochester.[3] He matriculated at King's College, Cambridge, in Easter 1844, became a scholar, won the Camden Medal in 1845, and graduated with a BA in 1848 and an MA in 1851. He also served as a Fellow of King's College from 1847 to 1850.[1]
Career
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In 1848, Joynes was ordained as a deacon by the Bishop of Lincoln, John Kaye, and as a priest in 1854 by the Bishop of Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce.[4]
Joynes taught at Eton College from 1849 to 1887, becoming Lower Master in 1878.[3] Among his pupils were A. C. Swinburne,[5] Sidney Herbert, Lord Kinnaird, and the Duke of Argyll.[6] His pupils used the nicknames "Jimmy"[7] or "old Jimmy" to affectionately refer to him.[8] He was notorious for his use of flogging and birching to discipline students.[9]
On his retirement in 1887, a caricature of Joynes brandishing a birch, by Leslie Ward, was published in Vanity Fair.[9][10]
Personal life and death
[edit]Joynes married Elisabeth Johanna, daughter of Christopher Hermann Unger of Neuwied, Germany, on 22 April 1851, at St Peter's, Pimlico.[1] He was the father of J. L. Joynes Jr. and the father-in-law of Henry Stephens Salt.[11]
Joynes died at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 29 June 1908.[2] The funeral took place on 1 July, with his remains interred in the New Cemetery. The Rev. D. J. Stather Hunt officiated at the graveside. Many wreaths were placed on the coffin, including one from Lord Kinnaird.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Joynes, James Leigh". ACAD - A Cambridge Alumni Database. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Rev. James Leigh Joynes". Henry S. Salt Society. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b Shreeve, Simon (August 2008). "Some Old Roffensians" (PDF). The Clock Tower: The Newsletter of the Friends of Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre. No. 11. p. 34. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Death of the Rev. J. L. Joynes". Tunbridge Wells Courier. 3 July 1908. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Rooksby, Ricky (2017). "The River and the Block". A.C. Swinburne: A Poet's Life. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-96136-3.
- ^ Benson, Arthur C. (1924). "J. L. Joynes". Memories and Friends. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 85–98. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Lafourcade, Georges (1932). Swinburne: A Library Biography. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 44.
- ^ Nevill, Ralph (1911). "Old Jimmy". Floreat Etona: Anecdotes and Memories of Eton College. London: Macmillan and co., Ltd. p. 287.
- ^ a b Tupper, Peter (2018). A Lover's Pinch: A Cultural History of Sadomasochism. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-5381-1118-5.
- ^ "James Leigh Joynes ('Men of the Day. No. 382.')". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Salt, Henry S. (July 1938). "The Early G.B.S." The Vegetarian News.
Further reading
[edit]- "Rev. J. L. Joynes". Eton College Chronicle. Eton. 9 July 1908. p. 304 – via Henry S. Salt Society.
- Benson, Arthur C. (1924). "J. L. Joynes". Memories and Friends. pp. 85–98.
External links
[edit]- 1824 births
- 1908 deaths
- 19th-century Anglican deacons
- 19th-century Church of England clergy
- 19th-century English educators
- 20th-century Anglican deacons
- 20th-century Church of England clergy
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- Fellows of King's College, Cambridge
- People educated at Eton College
- People educated at King's School, Rochester
- People from Frindsbury
- Teachers at Eton College