Roy Jenkins Roy Jenkins Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, (11 November 1920 – 5 January 2003) was a British Labour Party, SDP and Liberal Democrat politician, and biographer of British political leaders. The son of a Welsh coal-miner and trade unionist (later a Labour MP and government minister), Roy Jenkins was educated at Oxford University and served as an intelligence officer in the Second World War. Elected to Parliament as a Labour MP in 1948, he went on to serve in two major posts in Harold Wilson's first government. As Home Secretary from 1965 to 1967, he sought to build
Palladio (Jenkins) jubilate", related to his 70th birthday. The piece in three movements is scored for string orchestra. "Palladio" is featured on a 1996 CD "Diamond Music", played by members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer. It is combined with other music by Jenkins including variations from "Adiemus" and his second string quartet. Movement I appears in other collections, such as "Karl Jenkins & Adiemus: The Essential Collection". Palladio (Jenkins) Palladio is a composition for string orchestra by Karl Jenkins, written in 1995. The title refers to the architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). The work in three movements is in