Editing Leoline Jenkins (section)

===Diplomat ===
He was one of the Commissioners appointed to negotiate the abortive Union with [[Scotland]] in 1669. In the 1670s he spent much of his time on the Continent engaged in a number of diplomatic missions. Notably, he was England's principal representative at the Congress of [[Nijmegen]] (1676-1679) which brought to an end the [[Franco-Dutch War]], and for a time the sole representative. Critics said that he was "in agony" at being left with the sole responsibility for making decisions. Certainly, as the English government ruefully admitted, Nijmegen was "far from being such a peace as his Majesty would have wished for",<ref>Kenyon, J.P. ''The Popish Plot'' (Phoenix Press 2000), p. 90</ref> although the unsatisfactory outcome from the English point of view was largely due to the resentment of English interference by both French and Dutch representatives at the Congress, rather than to any blunder by Jenkins.<ref>Kenyon 2000 p.48</ref>