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JEFFREYS, ARTHUR, youngest son of John Jeffreys (adm. 1780, qv); b. 1 Oct 1811; adm. 7 Apr 1824 (Stelfox's); entered Royal Navy as Midshipman; retd. 1839; settled in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (by 1852); returned to England before death; m. 17 Feb 1841 Sarah, dau. of Robert Campbell (a cadet of branch of Campbell family of Duntroon, Argyllshire); d. 13 Sep 1861.

JEFFREYS, CHRISTOPHER, son of George Jeffreys, Weldon, Northants, organist to Charles I at Oxford, subsequently Steward to the Hattons of Kirby, Northants, and ---, dau. of Rev. Thomas Mainwaring DD, Rector of Weldon, Northants; b.; a boarder in 1656; KS (aged 17) 1658; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1659, matr. 9 Dec 1659, Westminster Student; BA 1663; MA 1666; travelled in Spain; a friend of Anthony Wood, who describes him as being “excellent at the organ, and virginalls, or harpsichord” (Ath. Oxon., i, xxxv); m. Anne, fourth dau. of Sir John Brydges, Bart., and sister of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos; d. 1693. DNB (s. v. father).

JEFFREYS, EDMUND RICHARD, fourth son of John Jeffreys (adm. 1780, qv); b. 29 Aug 1808; adm. 25 Jun 1821 (Stelfox's); left Christmas 1822; Ensign, 88th Foot 16 Jun 1825; Lieut., 11 Oct 1827; Capt., 2 Feb 1838; Maj., 12 May 1843; Lieut. -Col., 20 Jun 1854; Col., 1 Apr 1858; Maj. -Gen., 6 Mar 1868; Lieut. -Gen., 1 Oct 1877; retd. list 29 Aug 1878; Gen., 1 Jul 1881; Col., 1st bn., Manchester Regt. 1 Jul 1881; commanded 88th Foot in Crimean War, slightly wounded at battle of Inkerman; CB 5 Jul 1855; of Seafield House, Isle of Wight; m. 5 Dec 1844 Mary, dau. of Col. Patrick Vans Agnew MP, Barnbarroch, Wigtonshire; d. 3 Apr 1889.

JEFFREYS, FREDERICK THOMAS, second son of John Jeffreys (adm. 1780, qv); b. 26 Mar 1803; adm. 20 Sep 1813; left Christmas 1816; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 23 Jun 1823; d. unm. 26 Feb 1824.

JEFFREYS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON JEFFREYS OF WEM, sixth son of John Jeffreys, Acton, near Wrexham, Denbighshire, and Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas Ireland, Kt, Beausay, near Warrington, Lancs.; b. 1648; at Shrewsbury Sch., adm. 1654, aged 10 (sic), and then at St. Paul’s Sch.; adm. 1661 (Howell, State Trials, x, 299); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Mar 1662/3; adm. Inner Temple 19 May 1663, called to bar 22 Nov 1668, Bencher Jan 1678; Common Serjeant, City of London 17 Mar 1671; knighted 14 Sep 1677; Recorder of London 22 Oct 1678 – 2 Dec 1680, when he resigned after being reprimanded at bar of House of Commons for obstructing petitions for the assembly of Parliament; Solicitor-Gen. to Duke of York Jan 1679; Chief Justice of Chester 27 Apr 1680-3; Serjeant-at-Law 12 May 1680; created baronet 17 Nov 1681; active in obtaining the “quo warranto” against the City and in the prosecution of Lord Russell; Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench 29 Sep 1683 – Sep 1685; Privy Councillor 4 Oct 1683; presided at trials of Algernon Sidney and Titus Oates; created Baron Jeffreys of Wem 15 May 1685; held the “bloody assize” in the West of England after the suppression of Monmouth’s rebellion; Lord Chancellor 28 Sep 1685 – 8 Dec 1688; chief of the commission for inspecting ecclesiastical affairs 1686; one of the seven Privy Councillors who regulated the municipal corporations 1687; Lord Lieut., Shropshire, from 11 Aug 1687; Lord Lieut., Buckinghamshire 12 Nov 1687 – 4 Apr 1689; a member of the council of five lords in the absence of James II from London; arrested in disguise at Wapping Dec 1688 and conveyed to Tower of London; in Jan 1687 he gave £12 to the Dean and Chapter “for the education of two poore schollers at the Schoole in Westminster”; m. 1st, 23 May 1667 Sarah, dau. of Rev. Thomas Neesham, Rector of Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey; m. 2nd, Jun 1679 Ann, widow of Sir John Jones, Kt, Fonmon, Glamorgan, and dau. of Sir Thomas Bludworth, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; d. while a prisoner in Tower of London, 18 Apr 1689. DNB.

JEFFREYS, GEORGE, son of Christopher Jeffreys (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1694; left 1694; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Nov 1694, scholar 23 Apr 1697; BA 1698/9; MA 1702; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1701, Major Fellow 17 Apr 1702-9; Moderator 1706; Taxor 1707; adm. Middle Temple 3 Nov 1694, called to bar 23 May 1707; poet and dramatist; his two tragedies were acted in the theatre in Lincoln’s Inn Fields; author, Miscellanies in Verse and Prose, 1754; d. 17 Aug 1755, aged 77. DNB.

JEFFREYS, HENRY ANTHONY, fifth son of John Jeffreys (adm. 1780, qv); b. 28 May 1810; adm. 16 Jan 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1824; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1828, matr. 16 May 1828, Westminster Student (still 1892); 1st cl. Mathematics 1831, Univ. Mathematical Scholar 1833; BA 1832; MA 1834; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1834 [sic ?], priest 1834 (both Oxford); Curate, Bisley, Gloucs.; Perpetual Curate and Vicar of Hawkhurst, Kent, 17 Dec 1839-97; Hon. Canon, Canterbury 1872; Proctor in Convocation, Diocese of Canterbury 1875; author, An Easy Guide to Doctrine and Prayer, 1865, and other works; d. unm. 23 Jun 1898.

JEFFREYS, JOHN EDWARD, eldest son of John Jeffreys (adm. 1780, qv); b. 25 Dec 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1820, matr. 12 May 1820, Westminster Student; BA 1824; d. unm. 22 Jun 1824, aged 22.

JEFFREYS, JOHN, 2ND BARON JEFFREYS OF WEM, eldest son of George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (qv), and his first wife; b. 24 Sep 1673; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1685; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. Sep 1688, aged 15; succ. father as 2nd Baron Jeffreys of Wem 18 Apr 1689; took seat, Lords 12 Nov 1694; refused to sign the “Association” recognising William III as lawful king Feb 1696; instrumental in procuring a public funeral for John Dryden (qv) May 1700; m. 7 Jul 1688 Lady Charlotte Herbert, dau. of Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke; d. 9 May 1702. DNB (s. v. father).

JEFFREYS, JOHN, third son of John Jeffreys, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, and Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Darell, Putney, Surrey, citizen and stationer; great-nephew of George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (qv); b. 20 Aug 1718; adm. Jan 1730/1; KS 1732; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1737, matr. 14 Jun 1737, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1737 – void 18 May 1747, expiry year of grace as R. St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey; BA 1741; MA 21 Feb 1745/6; BD and DD 1769; ordained; Chaplain, 2nd Foot Guards 11 May 1742 – May 1759; Rector of St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London 14 May 1746- May 1792; Chaplain to William, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, when Ambassador in Paris 1748-54 (Correspondence of John, Duke of Bedford, iii, 93-5); Rector of Great Berkhampstead, Herts., from 1756; Rector of Whitford, Flints., from 1762; Canon of Christ Church 19 Aug 1769 – res Jun 1779; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 20 May 1779, Canon Residentiary from 3 Jun 1779; Rector of Barnes, Surrey 1792-5; JP Hertfordshire (occurs 1756-83); m. 2 Jun 1761 his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of Robert M. Darell, Richmond, Surrey; d. 20 Nov 1798.