JEKYLL, JOSEPH, only son of Capt. Edward Jekyll RN, Haverfordwest, Pembs., and Elizabeth, widow of John Williams, Panthowell, Carmarthenshire, and dau. of Thomas Walter, Cellifor, Carmarthenshire; b. 1 Jan 1754; adm. 4 Feb 1766; left Christmas 1770; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Feb 1771; BA 1774; MA 1777; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jan 1769, called to bar 30 May 1778; adm. Inner Temple 15 May 1795, Bencher 1805, Treasurer 17 Nov 1815; MP Calne 20 Aug 1787 – Feb 1816; KC Hilary 1805; Solicitor-Gen. to Prince of Wales 1806-12, Attorney-Gen. to Prince of Wales 1812-6; Master in Chancery 22 Jun 1815-23; FRS 3 Jun 1790; FSA 16 Dec 1790; a well-known wit; contributor to Morning Chronicle and Evening Statesman; author, Facts and Observations relating to the Temple church and the Monuments contained in it, 1811; his Correspondence with his sister-in-law Lady Gertrude Sloane Stanley, published in 1894, contains a few allusions to the School; m. 20 Aug 1801 Anna Maria, only dau. of Hans Sloane MP, Paultons, Hampshire, Col. North Hampshire Militia; d. 8 Mar 1837. DNB.
JENNINGS, GEORGE, only son of Adm. Sir John Jennings, Kt. MP, Rear-Adm. of Great Britain, and Alice, dau. of Francis Breton, Wallington, Herts.; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 6 Apr 1721 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jul 1730; left 1737; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, adm. 1737, matr. 1738; MP Whitchurch 8 Mar 1757-68, St. Germans 14 Dec 1768-74, Thetford from 1784; Comptroller-Gen., Army; of Newsells, Herts.; DL Hertfordhire 1745, JP Hertfordshire 1746; m. 1 May 1741 Lady Mary de Burgh, younger dau. of Michael de Burgh, 10th Earl of Clanricarde (I); d. 5 Jun 1790.
JENNINGS-CLERKE, SIR PHILIP, BART., son of Philip Jennings MP, Dudleston, Shropshire, barrister, Bencher Inner Temple, and his second wife Dorothy, dau. of George Clerke, Launde Abbey, Leics., and cousin of Sir Talbot Clerke, Bart. (qv); bapt. St. Anne’s, Soho May 1722 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Jan 1732/3; left 1736; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Nov 1739; 2nd Lieut., 5th Marines 26 Nov 1739; Lieut., Fleming’s Regt. (36th Foot), 18 Apr 1741; Capt., Onslow’s Regt. (8th Foot), 26 Jun 1744; Exempt, 1st Troop of Horse Guards 4 Jun 1746; Guidon and 2nd Maj., 21 Aug 1754; Cornet and 1st Maj., 7 Nov 1759; 2nd Lieut. and Lieut. -Col., 15 Apr 1761; 1st Lieut., 21 Nov 1763; retd. 31 Dec 1770; MP Totnes from 1768; inherited estates of Clerke family 1774; assumed additional surname of Clerke 26 Oct 1774; created baronet 26 Oct 1774; a witness for Lord George Gordon at his trial for high treason Feb 1781; a description of him at a dinner given by Mr Thrale will be found in Boswell’s Johnson (ed. Birkbeck Hill, iv, 80-1); of Dudleston, Shropshire, and Lyndhurst, Hampshire; High Sheriff, Hampshire 1766; one of the Verderers of the New Forest; m. before 1756 Anne, dau. of Col. Richard Thompson MP, Coley Park, Reading, Berks., and Jamaica; d. 14 Jan 1788.
JEPHSON, WILLIAM, second son of William Jephson, Froyle, Hampshire; b.; at school in 1657; KS 1663; adm. Middle Temple 8 May 1665, called to bar 9 May 1673; MP East Grinstead Oct 1679 – Jan 1681, Chipping Wycombe from 1689; Private Secretary to William III Nov 1688-Jul 1689; Secretary to the Treasury from Apr 1689; m. c. 1674 Mary, dau. of William Lewis MP, The Van, Glamorgan; d. 7 Jun 1691.
JERVIS, SIR JOHN, third son of Thomas Jervis QC MP, Second Justice of Chester, and Mary Ann, eldest dau. of Oliver Dixon, Red Hill, Old Swinford, Worcs., barrister, Bencher Gray’s Inn; b. 12 Jan 1802; adm. 18 Sep 1815 (G); left 3 Dec 1818; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Feb 1819, matr. 13 Nov 1819; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jan 1819, called to bar 6 Feb 1824, Bencher 21 Apr 1837, Treasurer 1846; member, Oxford and Chester circuits; patent of precedence 1837; MP (Whig) Chester 1832 – Jul 1850; Solicitor-Gen., 4-7 Jul 1846, Attorney-Gen., 7 Jul 1846 – Jul 1850; knighted 1 Aug 1846; President of Commission for enquiring into systems of pleading in the Common Law Courts 13 May 1850; Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (and Serjeant-at-Law) from 16 Jul 1850; Privy Councillor 14 Aug 1850; as Attorney-Gen. introduced the 1846 Acts relating to Justices of the Peace, known by his name; one of orinators of, and contributor to, The Jurist; joint editor of two sets of Exchequer Reports; author, Practical Treatise on the Office and Duties of Coroners, 1829, and other works; m. 3 Nov 1823 Catherine Jane, sister of Walter Garcia Mundell (qv); d. 1 Nov 1856. DNB.
JERVIS, JOHN, son of Sir John Jervis (qv); b. 29 Jun 1826; adm. 29 Feb 1836; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Dec 1842, scholar 1845, matr. Mich. 1843; BA 1847; MA 1850; adm. Middle Temple 6 Nov 1843, called to bar 12 Jan 1849; associate, Common Pleas, from 1850; MP (Whig) Horsham 1847 – Jun 1848; DL Kent; d. unm. 8 Jul 1860.
JERVIS, SWYNFEN STEVENS, eldest son of Swynfen Jervis, Netherseal, Leics., and Maria Anne, dau. of William Anderson; b. 10 May 1798; adm. Christmas 1810; in school list Oct 1814; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Nov 1815; MP Bridport 1837-41; of Darlaston Hall, near Stone, Staffs.; m. 1st, 10 Mar 1821 Jane, third dau. of P. N. Roberts, Esher, Surrey; m. 2nd, 11 Aug 1834 Anne Bourne, dau. of Major Winton; m. 3rd, 13 Jul 1857 Catherine, eldest dau. of Francis Darell, Knowle, Devon; d. 15 Jan 1867.
JOLLIFFE, HYLTON, eldest son of William Jolliffe MP, Petersfield, Hampshire, and Eleanor, dau. of Sir Richard Hylton, Bart. (formerly Musgrave), Hayton Castle, Cumberland; grandson of John Jolliffe (qv); b. 28 Feb 1773; adm. 4 Feb 1783; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 29 Jan 1787; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 24 Nov 1790; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Dec 1793; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 21 Nov 1799; retd. 15 Aug 1804; served in Netherlands 1793-4 and in Egypt 1801; present at battles of Aboukir and Alexandria; MP Petersfield 1796 – Jan 1797, 19 Mar 1802-30, 1831-2, 6 Mar 1833-4; m. 6 Sep 1804 Elizabeth Rose, natural dau. of Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers; d. 12 Jan 1843.
JOLLIFFE, JOHN, brother of Thomas Jolliffe (qv); bapt. Corton Hackett, Worcs. 31 Jul 1696 (IGI); at school under Knipe (National Review, Jun 1926, 594); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1712, aged 15; adm. Middle Temple 9 Aug 1714, Inner Temple 12 Jan 1719/20, chambers there Feb 1719/20 – sold 2 Feb 1747/8; Commissioner of Wine Licences 2 Dec 1720 – 16 Jun 1741; Receiver-Gen., Duchy of Lancaster Aug 1738 – Feb 1752; of Petersfield, Hampshire; MP Petersfield 1741-54, 1761-8; m. 1st, 30 Mar 1731 Catherine, dau. of Robert Michell MP, Petersfield, Hampshire; m. 2nd, 21 Jun 1744 Mary, dau. of Samuel Holden MP, London; d. 1 Feb 1771.
JONES, RICHARD, son of Edward Jones (elected to Cambridge 1661, qv); b.; at school under Busby (W. W. R. Ball & J. A. Venn, eds., Admissions to Trin. Coll. Camb., ii, 584); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Mar 1692/3, matr. 1693; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jan 1693/4; d. 1706. [But perhaps Edward Richard Jones, fifth son of Edward Jones (qv), “a Brigadier in the Army”, who was MP (I) Wexford and Co. Wexford, m. Mary, only surviving child of Richard Neville, Furness, co. Kildare; d. 1734]