Early life and education Joynes was born in
Frindsbury, Kent, on 27 September 1824. His father was Richard Symonds Joynes, the Rector of
Gravesend. He was educated at
Eton College, before attending
King's School, Rochester. He matriculated at
King's College, Cambridge, in Easter 1844, became a scholar, won the Camden Medal in 1845, and graduated with a
B.A. in 1848 and an
M.A. in 1851. He also served as a Fellow of King's College from 1847 to 1850. Joynes taught at Eton College from 1849 to 1887, becoming Lower Master in 1878.
Sidney Herbert,
Lord Kinnaird, and the
Duke of Argyll. His pupils used the nicknames "Jimmy" or "old Jimmy" to affectionately refer to him. He was notorious for his use of
flogging and
birching to discipline students. On his retirement in 1887, a caricature of Joynes brandishing a birch, by
Leslie Ward, was published in
Vanity Fair.
Personal life and death Joynes married Elisabeth Johanna, daughter of Christopher Hermann Unger of
Neuwied, Germany, on 22 April 1851, at
St Peter's, Pimlico. Joynes died at
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 29 June 1908. 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. == References ==