JEFFERY, CHARLES (son of James Reddecliff Jeffery of Liverpool). _b._ 1839; ed. at Trin. hall, Cam., B.A. 1863; barrister I.T. 9 June 1865; judge of district court of Falmouth in Jamaica 1871 to death; joint editor of J. Chitty’s Precedents in pleading 3 ed. 2 vols. 1868. _d._ Mentone, France 4 Feb. 1875.
JEFFERY, GEORGE ERNEST (eld. son of George Augustus Jeffery, M.D., of Trinity Home, Eastbourne). _b._ Eastbourne 9 Feb. 1853; ed. at Rugby and Trin. coll. Cam.; in the Rugby Eleven, played at Lord’s against Marlborough 28–9 June 1871; made 116 runs in one innings in Twenty three gentlemen _v._ Eleven players of Sussex, the last match ever played on the Old Brunswick cricket ground, Hove, Brighton 15 Sep. 1871; played in the Cambridge Eleven against Oxford 1873–4; barrister L.I. 26 Jany. 1878. _d._ Westholme, Streatham common, London 8 April 1891.
JEFFERY, HENRY MARTYN (only son of John Jeffery of Gwennap, Cornwall 1798–1874). _b._ Lamorran rectory, Cornwall 5 Jany. 1826; ed. at Falmouth gr. sch. 1833–40 and Sedbergh gr. sch. 1841–5; of St. John’s coll. Camb. Oct. 1845, of St. Catherine’s coll. 1846; 6 wrangler and B.A. 1849, M.A. 1852; lecturer in coll. of civil engineers, Putney 1850; second master Cheltenham gram. sch. June 1852 and head master June 1868 to 1882 when retired on pension; F.R.S. 3 June 1880; wrote on mathematics in Rep. British Assoc., Quarterly Journal of mathematics and other scientific journals; one of the ablest exponents of abstract mathematical science; edited E. R. Humphrey’s Exercitationes Iambicæ 2 ed. 1854 and Lyra Hellenica 1854 and contributed additional matter; Two sets of letters of rev. Henry Martyn 1883; Extracts from the religious diary of Miss Lydia Grenfell 1890. _d._ 9 Dunstanville ter. Falmouth 3 Nov. 1891. _Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub._ (1882) 1245–6; _Biograph_, _vi_ 515–17 (1881); _Journal of royal institution of Cornwall_, _xi_ 208–13 (1892).
JEFFERY, JAMES REDDECLIFF. _b._ Devonport 25 Nov. 1809; went to Liverpool, Feb. 1832 and in partnership with Walden and Bright commenced business, partnership dissolved July 1832, associated himself with James Morrish and opened Compton house Nov. 1832, his brother Wm. Sam. Jeffery being also in the firm, in 1860 the house covered a space of 16,200 square feet, was three stories high and employed 300 hands and was one of the four largest silk and drapery establishments in United Kingdom; Compton house burnt down 1865 and rebuilt at cost of £250,000; James Jeffrey had a share in Howell & James 5, 7, 9 Regent st. London, which share he sold to concentrate his energies in Compton house; bankrupt 15 March 1871. _d._ Ilkley, Yorkshire 4 July 1871. _bur._ the necropolis, Liverpool. _Puseley’s Commercial Companion_ (_2 ed._ 1860) 107–8; _The Draper 7 July 1871 p._ 317.
JEFFERYS, CHARLES. _b._ 11 Jany. 1807; music publisher 31 Frith st. Soho, London 1837–40, then at 21A Soho sq. 1840 to death; had a great legal action with Thomas Boosey respecting copyright in Italian operas, which he gained on appeal to House of Lords 1854; author of Esmeralda, an English version of Hugo’s Ermelinda 1856; Louisa Miller, in English 1860; The Gipsy’s Vengeance, an English version of Il Trovatore 1856; wrote the words of The rose of Allandale 1850; Mary of Argyle 1850; Jeannette’s farewell to Jeannot 1850; composer of Rose Atherton, Erin, my own native home 1857; published A book of beauty for the Queen’s boudoir. Musical Annual 1853, 1854; Jeffery’s Musical journal 1864, seven numbers. _d._ London 9 June 1865. _C. Clark’s House of Lord’s Cases_, _iv_ 815–996 (1855).
JEFFREY, ALEXANDER. _b._ Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire 1806; a solicitor’s clerk at Melrose, then in Edinburgh; assistant in town clerk’s office, Jedburgh; advocate in the sheriff’s court, Roxburghshire 1838 to death; F.S.A. Scotland; member of Berwickshire Naturalist club; author of An historical account of Roxburghshire. Edinb. 1836; The history of Roxburghshire 4 vols. 1857–64; The age we live in, a lecture 1874. _d._ Jedburgh 29 Nov. 1874. _The Scotsman 30 Nov. 1874 p._ 4.
JEFFREY, ALLEN RONALD MACDONALD. _b._ 1823 or 1824; wrote for sporting journals in London from about 1850 to death; wrote an article every week in the Sporting Times signed, the Member for Tattersall’s 1875 to death; one of the oldest members of the Victoria club 18 Wellington st. Strand. _d._ 75 Sandmere road, Clapham 26 March 1891. _bur._ Norwood cemetery 30 March.
JEFFREY, ANDREW. _b._ Foulden, Berwickshire 17 Feb. 1800; emigrated to Canada 1819 and resided at Cobourg, Canada West 1820 to his death; proprietor of an extensive hardware business; member for Newcastle division in legislative council of Canada 1860. _d._ Cobourg 29 July 1863. _American Annual Cyclop. for 1863 p._ 725.
JEFFREY, REV. GEORGE. _b._ Leitholm, Berwickshire 1 Oct. 1815; ed. Edinb. univ. 1830 and at Theological hall of the United secession presbytery 1833; minister of London road ch. Mile End, Glasgow 1838 to death; clerk to the presbytery of Glasgow, and moderator 1879; a very popular preacher and lecturer; author of The present war, a discourse. Glasgow 1854. _d._ Glasgow 23 May 1887. _bur._ Sighthill cemet. 27 May. _G. Jeffrey’s The believer’s privilege._ _Sermons Edin._ 1888, _with biographical sketch by A. Thomson pp._ 1–54, _portrait_; _John Smith’s Our Scottish Clergy_ (1848) 223–30.
JEFFREYS, EDMUND RICHARD (4 son of rev. John Jeffreys _d._ 1840 aged 69, R. of Barnes 1795–1839). _b._ 29 Aug. 1808; ed. at Westminster and Sandhurst; ensign 88 foot 16 June 1825, major 12 May 1843 to 16 March 1855; lieut. col. depot battalion 23 March 1855 to 6 March 1868; col. 1 battalion Manchester regiment 1 July 1881 to death; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877; placed on retired list 29 Aug. 1878; hon. general 1 July 1881; C.B. 5 July 1855. _d._ Seafield house, Ryde, Isle of Wight 3 April 1889. _Welsh’s Alumni Westmonasterienses_ (1852) 425.
JEFFREYS, JOHN GWYN (eld. son of John Jeffreys of Fynone, Swansea, _d._ 1815). _b._ Swansea 18 Jany. 1809; ed. at Swansea gram. sch.; solicitor Swansea; deputy steward for duke of Beaufort’s, Glamorganshire manor; barrister L.I. 30 April 1856, retired from practice 1866; F.L.S. 1829; F.R.S. 2 April 1840; LLD. of St. Andrew’s univ.; treasurer Geological Soc. 1869–82 and V.P. 1882; sheriff of Hertfordshire 1877; president biological section of British Assoc. 1877; went on many deep sea dredging expeditions 1860–70 and discovered a large number of new species of shells; wrote upwards of 100 papers on scientific subjects; his collection of European mollusca was purchased by United States government 1883; author of British conchology 5 vols. 1862–69. _d._ 1 The Terrace, Kensington 24 Jany. 1885. _Proc. Royal Soc. xxxviii_ 14–17 (1885); _Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. xli_ 41–2 (1885); _I.L.N. lxxxvi_ 136 (1885), _portrait_; _Biograph_, _vi_ 373 (1881).
JEFFREYS, JULIUS (4 son of rev. Richard Jeffreys, R. of Throcking, Herts.) _b._ Hall place, Kent 1801; studied in Edinb. and London; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1821; assistant surgeon Bengal medical establishment 28 Sep. 1822, advocated establishment of health stations in India, staff surgeon 1824; invented the thermantidote for cooling houses; established a manufactory of soda water and made the stone bottles for containing it; the first to send citrate of limes to England for forming citric acid; returned to England 1835; invented the respirator for persons suffering from pulmonary attacks 1835, obtained patents for it 1836, 1844 and 1850; Member Med. Chir. Soc. 1838; F.R.S. 7 Jany. 1841; F.G.S. 1846; author of Observations upon the construction and use of the respirator 1836; A few remarks upon an atmospheric treatment of the lungs and upon the use of the respirator 1845, 2 ed. 1847; A word on climate and affections of the throat and chest 1850; The British army in India, its preservation by appropriate clothing 1858. _d._ 9 Park villas west, Queen’s road, Richmond, Surrey 13 May 1877. _E. Jeffrey’s Confutative biographical notice_ (1855); _Proc. Med. Chir. Soc. viii_ 294–7 (1877).
JEJEEBHOY, BYRAMJEE (son of a merchant at Bombay). _b._ 1823; Parsee merchant Bombay; first to introduce cotton-spinning mills into India; instrumental in introducing fire insurance; member of legislative council of Bombay 1868; settled in trust for his family 30 lakhs of rupees 1872; founded medical schools in Ahmedabad and Poona and a high school at Poona called after himself; gave 4 lakhs of rupees for a school for poor Parsees in Bombay 1890; C.S.I. 31 Dec. 1875. _d._ Bombay 12 Sep. 1890.
JEJEEBHOY, SIR JAMSETJEE, 1 Baronet (son of Jejeebhoy a native of Nowsaree a town in Baroda). _b._ Nowsaree 15 July 1783; made five voyages to China 1799 to 1807; a Parsee merchant in Bombay 1807; released the poor debtors, confined by the court of requests, from the Bombay gaol by paying their debts 1822; founded Jejeebhoy hospital in Bombay 1843 cost 2 lakhs of rupees, and endowed many schools; completed the causeway connecting Mahim with Bandora 1845; founded Parsee benevolent institution, Bombay 1849; gave away about £250,000; knighted by letters patent 2 March 1842; baronet of United Kingdom by letters patent 6 Aug. 1857; the first native of India who received title and arms from British authority; voted freedom of City of London 14 April 1855. _d._ Bombay 14 April 1859. _bur._ in the Tower of Silence at Chowpatty 14 April. _J. J. Higginbotham’s Men whom India has known_ (1874) 218–9; _Drawing room portrait gallery of eminent personages 2 series_ (1859), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxix_ 579, 580 (1856), _portrait_; _Cooverjee Sorabjee Nazir’s The first Parsee baronet. Bombay_ (1866).