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The Reverend
James Leigh Joynes
Born(1824-09-27)27 September 1824
Frindsbury, Kent, England
Died29 June 1908(1908-06-29) (aged 83)
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Education
Occupation(s)Clergyman, schoolmaster
Spouse
Elizabeth Johanne Unger
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(m. 1859)​
ChildrenJames Leigh Joynes Jr.
RelativesHenry 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. Joynes taught at Eton College from 1849 to 1887.

Biography

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Early life and education

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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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"Jimmy" by Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair, 1887

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

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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 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Joynes, James Leigh". ACAD - A Cambridge Alumni Database. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Rev. James Leigh Joynes". Henry S. Salt Society. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Death of the Rev. J. L. Joynes". Tunbridge Wells Courier. 3 July 1908. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Rooksby, Ricky (2017). "The River and the Block". A.C. Swinburne: A Poet's Life. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-96136-3.
  6. ^ Benson, Arthur C. (1924). "J. L. Joynes". Memories and Friends. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 85–98. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ^ Lafourcade, Georges (1932). Swinburne: A Library Biography. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 44.
  8. ^ Nevill, Ralph (1911). "Old Jimmy". Floreat Etona: Anecdotes and Memories of Eton College. London: Macmillan and co., Ltd. p. 287.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "James Leigh Joynes ('Men of the Day. No. 382.')". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  11. ^ Salt, Henry S. (July 1938). "The Early G.B.S." The Vegetarian News.

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