James Leigh Joynes (clergyman)
English clergyman and schoolmaster (1824–1908)
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James Leigh Joynes (27 September 1824 – 29 June 1908) was an English clergyman and schoolmaster. Ordained in the Church of England in 1848, he served as a deacon and later as a priest. He taught at Eton College from 1849 to 1887 and became Lower Master in 1878. He was the father of James Leigh Joynes Jr. and the father-in-law of social reformer Henry Stephens Salt.
- Eton College
- King's School, Rochester
- King's College, Cambridge (B.A., 1848; M.A., 1851)
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| Born | 27 September 1824 Frindsbury, Kent, England |
| Died | 29 June 1908 (aged 83) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
Resting place | Kent and Sussex Crematorium and Cemetery |
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Elisabeth Johanna Unger
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| Children | James Leigh Joynes Jr. |
| Relatives | Henry Stephens Salt (son-in-law) |
Biography
Early life and education
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 and King's School, Rochester.[2][3] He matriculated at King's College, Cambridge, in Easter 1844, became a scholar, won the Camden Medal in 1845, and graduated with a B.A. in 1848 and an M.A. in 1851. He was a Fellow of King's College from 1847 to 1850.[1]
Career
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Joynes was ordained as a deacon in 1848 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 and became Lower Master in 1878.[3] His pupils included A. C. Swinburne, Sidney Herbert, Lord Kinnaird, and the Duke of Argyll.[5][6] Pupils referred to him as "Jimmy" or "old Jimmy".[7][8] Peter Tupper described him as "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
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 James Leigh 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 Kent and Sussex Crematorium and Cemetery. The Rev. D. J. Stather Hunt officiated at the graveside. Wreaths included one from Lord Kinnaird.[4]