10 Facts About Ivor Jennings

Ivor Jennings served as the vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge and the University of Ceylon.

Ivor Jennings joined the University of Leeds as a lecturer in law in 1925 and became a Holt Scholar of Gray's Inn and was called to the bar in 1928.

Ivor Jennings was sent to Ceylon by the British Government in 1942, as the Principal of the University College, Colombo with a mandate to create a university for that land, then a Crown colony.

Ivor Jennings was knighted in 1948, made a King's Counsel in 1949, and awarded the KBE in 1955.

In 1955, Ivor Jennings received an honorary doctorate by vote of the senate of the University of Ceylon to recognize his work in creating and building the institution.

Ivor Jennings subsequently served a term as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, a position which at that time rotated among the heads of the colleges.

Ivor Jennings married Helen Emily Konsalik in 1928 and had two daughters, Shirley Watson and Claire Dewing.

Ivor Jennings was an authority on constitutional law and is author of a definitive book on the workings of the then British constitution.

Ivor Jennings then served as constitutional adviser to the Government of Pakistan.

Ivor Jennings was a member of the Reid Commission from June 1956 to 1957, which was responsible for drafting the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya.