#4827 Robert Banks Jenkinson Earl of Liverpool The closest to a Bank Holiday theme – 2nd Earl Liverpool, Robert Banks  Jenkinson (groan!). Described as a ‘liberal tory’, he can perhaps best be described as the purveyor of the ‘carrot and stick’. In 1812, he succeeded the assassinated Spencer Perceval  as PM (a similar end he later escaped) and oversaw emancipation and put-down in equal measure. With family connections to the East India Company , he fought for the abolition of