JERRAM, CHARLES (son of Charles Jerram, farmer, _d._ 1807). _b._ Blidworth in Sherwood forest 17 Jany. 1770; assistant at a unitarian school at Highgate 1790; entered Magd. coll. Camb. 1793; B.A. 1797, M.A. 1800; C. of Long Sutton, Lincs. 1797–1805; C. of Chobham, Surrey 1805–10; V. of Chobham 1810–34; took private pupils 1797–1822; P.C. of St. John’s, Bedford row, London 1824–6; R. of Witney, Oxfordshire 3 April 1834 to death; a very well known member of the evangelical sch.; author of Letters on the atonement 1804; Conversations on infant baptism 1819, 3 ed. 1838; A treatise on the atonement 1828; Secession from the church of England considered in a letter 1836. _d._ Witney 20 June 1853. _J. Jerram’s Memoirs of rev. C. Jerram_ (1855), _portrait_.
JERRAM, JANE E. (dau. of Mr. Holme). (_m._ William Jerram of Derby, then of Bannell’s farm, Etwall, Derby); managed the dairy and other farm affairs; known by the name of The Pale Star; author of My three aunts 1838; My father’s house; The pearly gates; Simple stories 1841; The children’s own story book, 3 ed. 1843; living near Derby 1873. _S. T. Hall’s Biog. sketches_ (1873) 296–7.
JERRARD, GEORGE BIRCH (son of Joseph Jerrard, major general, _d._ 23 Nov. 1858 aged 85). Published Mathematical researches. Bristol 1832–5; An essay on the resolution of equations 1858. _d._ Long Stratton rectory, Norfolk 23 Nov. 1863.
JERROLD, DOUGLAS WILLIAM (only son of Samuel Jerrold, manager of Sheerness theatre, _d._ Jany. 1820). _b._ Greek st. Soho, London 3 Jany. 1803; ed. at Sheerness; served on board H.M.S. Namur guardship 1813–15; apprenticed to Gabriel Sidney of Northumberland st. Strand, printer 1816; produced More frightened than hurt, at Sadler’s Wells theatre 30 April 1821; wrote pieces for the Coburg theatre 1825; wrote Black-eyed Susan or all in the Downs, best nautical drama ever written, produced at Surrey theatre 8 June 1829 for which he received £70 from Elliston, it ran 300 nights; wrote The mutiny at the Nore, played at Pavilion, Coburg and Queen’s theatres 1830; joint manager with W. J. Hammond of Strand theatre 1 May 1836 to 17 Sep. 1836; wrote the Bubbles of the day, Covent Garden 25 Feb. 1842; The prisoner of war, Drury Lane 8 Feb. 1842; started the Illuminated Mag. 1843; wrote Time works wonders, which ran at the Haymarket from 26 April 1845 for about 90 nights; edited Douglas Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine 7 vols. 1845–8; editor and chief proprietor of Douglas Jerrold’s Weekly newspaper 1846, it became the Weekly News; contributed to Punch from No. 2, 24 July 1841 to death; edited Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper 1852 to death; founded The Mulberries 1824, The Whittington at 37 Arundel st. Strand 1846, it ceased 1873, The Museum 1847 and other literary clubs; author of Men of character 3 vols. 1838; Punch’s Letters to his son 1843; The story of a feather 1844; Punch’s Complete letter writer 1845; Mrs. Caudle’s curtain lectures 1846; The chronicles of Clovernook 1845; A man made of money 1849; Heads of the people 1852; The writings of D. Jerrold 8 vols. 1854 and 4 vols. 1863–4. _d._ Kilburn priory, St. John’s Wood, London 8 June 1857. _bur._ Norwood cemetery 15 June, portrait by Sir Daniel Macnee in National portrait gallery. _W. B. Jerrold’s Life of D. Jerrold_ (1859), _portrait_; _G. Hodder’s Memories of my time_ (1870) 4–58, 108–20, 126–39; _Illust. Rev. iii_ 673–81 (1872), _portrait_; _R. H. Horne’s New spirit of the age_, _i_ 291–304 (1844); _Quarterly Mag. of Oddfellows_, _i_ 198–208 (1858); _E. Yates’ Recollections_, _i_ 291–4, _ii_ 351 (1884).
NOTE.--There is a portrait of him by John Leech in his two-page cartoon, called “Mr. Punch’s fancy ball” in Punch 9 Jany. 1847, where he is represented as playing the drum in the orchestra. His first contribution to Punch entitled Punch and Peel appeared in No. 2, 24 July 1841, he first used the signature of Q. on 13 Sep. In Alfred Bunn’s A word with Punch 1847 Jerrold is spoken of as Wronghead and is stated to have been hissed off the stage.
JERROLD, EVELYN DOUGLAS (son of the succeeding). _b._ about 1850; correspondent in Paris of a London daily paper; translated From Paris to Cayenne. By C. Delescluze 1872; edited with S. Jerrold At home in Paris. By W. B. Jerrold 1884. _d._ St. John’s road, Highgate hill 16 May 1885.
JERROLD, WILLIAM BLANCHARD (eld. son of Douglas W. Jerrold 1803–57). _b._ London 23 Dec. 1826; ed. at Brompton gr. sch. and at Boulogne; wrote in Douglas Jerrold’s Weekly Newspaper 1846; wrote papers on The literature of the poor, in Daily News 1846; described the Paris exhibition of 1855 for Daily News, Illustrated London News and Athenæum; spent half of each year in Paris 1855 to death; edited Lloyd’s Weekly London News 8 June 1857 to death; wrote Cool as a cucumber, farce produced at Lyceum theatre 24 March 1851, Beau Brummell the king of Calais, Lyceum 11 April 1859, Chatterbox drama, St. James’s 30 Nov. 1859 and Cupid in waiting, comedy, Royalty 17 July 1871; founded English branch of the International literary association; edited under name of Fin-Bec, Knife and Fork 8 numbers 1871 and new series 7 numbers 1872; author of Two lives, a novel 2 vols. 1862; A book for the beach 2 vols. 1863; At home in Paris 1864, several editions; The children of Lutetia 2 vols. 1864; London a pilgrimage, illustrated by Gustave Doré 1872; The life of Napoleon III. 4 vols. 1874–82; The life of G. Cruikshank 2 vols. 1882. _d._ 27 Victoria st. Westminster 10 March 1884. _bur._ Norwood cemetery 13 March. _G. Hodder’s Memories of my time_ (1870) 394–418; _J. Hatton’s Journalistic London_ (1882) 196 _portrait_; _Illustrated Review_, _v_ 267–73 (1873), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xxix_ 368 (1884), _portrait_.
JERSEY, GEORGE CHILD-VILLIERS, 5 Earl of (elder son of 4 Earl of Jersey 1735–1805). _b._ Middleton park near Bicester 19 Aug. 1773; styled viscount Villiers 1773 to 1805 when he succeeded; ed. at Harrow and St. John’s coll. Camb., M.A. 1794, D.C.L. Oxf. 1810; took name of Child before Villiers 1 Dec. 1819; lord chamberlain of the household 15 July to 22 Nov. 1830 and 15 Dec. 1834 to 18 April 1835; P.C. 19 July 1830; G.C.H. 1834; master of the horse 1841–6 and 1 March to 28 Dec. 1852; won the One thousand guineas and the Oaks with Cobweb 1824, the Derby with Middleton 1825, with Mameluke 1827 and with Bay Middleton 1836. _d._ 38 Berkeley sq. London 3 Oct. 1859. _bur._ Middleton Stoney. _Waagen’s Galleries of art_ (1857) 269–74; _New Sporting Mag._, _x_ 302 (1836), _portrait; Sporting Times 21 Feb. 1885 pp._ 5–6; _J. E. Doyle’s Official baronage_, _ii_ 261 (1886), _portrait_.
NOTE.--One of the best riders of his time; his name is recorded in a song called The Billesden Copley Hunt, an account of a run in Leicestershire 24 Feb. 1800.
JERSEY, GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK CHILD-VILLIERS, 6 Earl of (eld. son of the preceding). _b._ 38 Berkeley sq. London 4 April 1808; styled viscount Villiers 1808–59 when he succeeded; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1837; lieut. Oxfordshire yeomanry 16 June 1829, major 5 May 1855 to death; M.P. Rochester 1830–1, Minehead 1831–2, Honiton 1832–5, Weymouth 1837–41, Cirencester 1844–52; contested Cirencester 1852. _d._ Royal Crescent hotel, Brighton 24 Oct. 1859. _bur._ Middleton Stoney.
JERSEY, SARAH SOPHIA CHILD-VILLIERS, Countess of (eld. dau. of 10 earl of Westmoreland 1759–1841). _b._ 4 March 1785; heiress of Robert Child of Osterley park _d._ 1819; a ruler of society from 1815 to 1855; one of the leading lady patronesses of Almacks many years, and a professional beauty; popularly known as Queen Sarah; the head of Childs’s bank, London 1819 to death; had a scene with lord Durham at the drawing room 24 Feb. 1831; (_m._ at Gretna Green 23 May 1804 George Villiers 5 earl of Jersey 1773–1859). _d._ 38 Berkeley sq. London 26 Jany. 1867. _bur._ in family vault in church of Middleton Stoney 2 Feb., personalty sworn under £300,000, 1 June 1867. _C. C. F. Greville’s Memoirs_, _i_ 12–13, _ii_ 64, 119, 126 (1874); _Burke’s Portrait gallery_, _ii_ 45 (1833), _portrait_.
JERVIS, GEORGE F. _b._ England 1784; appeared at Park theatre, New York as Vanderdecken in The Flying Dutchman 1825; appeared at Arch st. theatre, Philadelphia 1 Sep. 1826 as Marshal Beaumont in The French Spy. _d._ Philadelphia 25 March 1851.
JERVIS, GEORGE RITSO. _b._ Madras 8 Oct. 1794; ed. at Marlow, Woolwich and Addiscombe; ensign Bombay engineers 8 June 1811, col. 16 Aug. 1843 to death; founded the Engineers’ Institution in India 1823; held chief command of engineer corps 9 years; active coadjutor of Mountstuart Elphinstone in spreading education in India; A.I.C.E. 1841; edited The works of Hāfiz 1828; translated into Maratha, Lord Brougham’s Preliminary treatise on the objects, advantages and pleasures of science 1829. _d._ Boulogne 14 Oct. 1851. _Min. of proc. of instit. of C.E._, _xi_ 106–109 (1852).