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Robert Jenkins (master mariner)
Robert Jenkins
(born in Llanelli, Wales (
fl.
1730s–40s) was a
British
master mariner
, famous as the
protagonist
of the "Jenkins's ear" incident, which became a contributory cause of the
War of Jenkins' Ear
between Britain and Spain in 1739.
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