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, MARMADUKE ROBERT, third son of John Jeffreys (adm. 1780, qv); b. 4 May 1807; adm. 10 Jan 1820 (Stelfox's); KS (Capt. ) 1821; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1825, matr. 5 Jul 1825, Westminster Student 1825-38; BA 1829; MA 1832; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Nov 1829, called to bar 24 Nov 1832; equity draftsman; JP Wiltshire 1852; m. 26 Jan 1840 Anna Maria, third dau. of John Benett MP, Pyt House, Wilts.; d. 10 Nov 1898.

Jeffreys-Powell, Paul Roger, son of Thomas Roger Jeffreys-Powell of Malvern, Worcs, and Edith Nancie Alice Hope; b. 6 May 1942; adm. Sept. 1954 (QS); left July 1959; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1959 (open schol. ), BA 1963, MA 1968; lecturer in Humanities Univ. of Glasgow 1967-95; d. 17 May 2002.

JEKYLL, RICHARD, son of Rev. Thomas Jekyll DD, Minister of the New Chapel in the Broadway, Westminster, and Elizabeth Howse; bapt. Newland, Gloucs. 2 Jun 1680 (IGI); adm.; KS 1695; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Jun 1700 [apparently sic, although Russell Barker and Stenning record him as elected to Christ Church 1701, matr. 25 Jun 1701, aged 20], Canoneer Student 24 Dec 1701 – void 1726, expiry year of grace as R. Gayton-le-Wold; BA 1704; MA 1707; Perpetual Curate of Caversham, Berks., 1713-25; Rector of Gayton-le-Wold, Lincs., 1725; m.; d. before 4 May 1738.

JENKINS, GEORGE ERNEST, son of John Jenkins, Canada; b. 21 Feb 1850; adm. 28 Apr 1864; QS 1865; left 1867.

JENKS, RICHARD; b.; GS 1540; KS 1540 (PRO Exc. Aug. Office, Miscell. Books 24).

JERMYN, EDMUND, eldest son of Hugh Willoughby Jermyn (qv), and his first wife; b. 17 Oct 1845; adm. 1 Oct 1858; QS 1860; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1864, matr. 18 May 1864; shot for Oxford v. Cambridge 1868; Burdett Coutts Scholar 1870; BA 1869; MA 1871; ordained deacon 1870, priest 1871 (both Oxford); Curate, St. Paul’s, Oxford 1870-2; SPG Secretary, Madras 1873-4; Chaplain, Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment 1875-94; Rector of Newenden, Kent 1894-7; Vicar of Helsby, Cheshire 1897-1903; Rector of Croughton, Northants 1903-12; m. 1st, 3 Feb 1873 Katherine, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Joseph Chambers, EICS Bengal; m. 2nd, 8 Oct 1878 Constance Barree, dau. of Charles Paget Carmichael CSI, Bengal Civil Service, previously EICS Bengal; d. 8 Apr 1925.

JETT, THOMAS, son of Thomas Jett, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Margaret ---; b. 5 Apr 1679; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1694; adm.; KS 1696; left 1697; Under Clerk, Treasury Jun 1698 – Jun 1713; adm. Middle Temple 13 Apr 1705, called to bar 27 May 1715; adm. Gray’s Inn 6 Jun 1722; one of the Auditors of the Exchequer from 20 Jun 1706; FRS 1740; FSA 1723; a collector of books and manuscripts (sold by auction 15 Feb and 11 May 1731); m. 1st, 10 Jun 1703 Ann, only dau. of William Lowndes MP, Winslow, Bucks., Secretary to the Treasury; lic. to m. 2nd, 8 Oct 1725 Elizabeth Manning; d. 1 Jul 1730.

JOHNSON, ANDREW, eldest son of Rev. William Johnson, Rector of St. Clement’s, Eastcheap, London, and Mary, dau. of Robert Tabrum; b. 16 Jun 1830; adm. 19 Jun 1838; a witness in the action of Williamson v. Collier tried before Lord Chief Justice Tindal in the Common Pleas 3 Dec 1841 (Times 4 Dec 1841); QS 1845; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1849, adm. pens. 19 May 1849, scholar 1850, matr. Mich. 1849; BA 1853; MA 1857; ordained deacon 1853, priest 1854 (both London); Curate, St. Clement’s, Eastcheap; Second Master, St. Olave’s GS, Southwark 1859-60, Head Master from 1860; author Bacon’s Novum Organum, newly translated with notes, 1859; m. 14 Jul 1858 Mary, second dau. of Rev. Alexander McCaul DD, Rector of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s; d. 7 Apr 1893.

JOHNSON, JAMES, second son of Rev. James Johnson, Rector of Long Melford, Suffolk, and Anne, dau. of Thomas Cuthbert, Wickford, Essex; b. 20 Sep 1705; adm. Jan 1717/8; KS 1719; Capt. of the School 1723; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1724, matr. 5 Jun 1724, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1724 – void 14 Dec 1742 (expiry year of grace as R. Turweston); BA 1728; MA 1731; DD 1742 (incorp. Cambridge 1749); Under Master of the School Jun 1733-48; patent for appointment not sealed until 23 Mar 1735/6; ordained; Rector of Turweston, Bucks., 8 Dec 1741-4; Rector of Mixbury, Oxfordshire 10 Feb 1743/4-59; Vicar of Watford, Herts., 1743-59; Rector of Berkhampstead, Herts., 14 Jun 1743-59; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II 1744-52; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 24 Nov 1748 – c. Dec 1752 (?); consecrated Bishop of Gloucester 10 Dec 1752; charged before Privy Council Feb 1753 of having drunk the Pretender’s health in company with William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (qv) and Andrew Stone (qv), but the charge was shown to be false; translated to Worcester 13 Nov 1759; Busby Trustee from 22 Mar 1744/5; d. unm. from effects of a fall from his horse at Bath 26 Nov 1774 (M. I. Lacock, Wilts. ). DNB.