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.