Modern English biography

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). JEJEEBHOY, SIR JAMSETJEE, 2 Baronet (son of preceding). _b._ 9 Oct. 1811; Parsee merchant Bombay; relinquished his original names Cursetjee Jamsetjee, on succeeding to the baronetcy, by act of legislative council of India, No. XX, 1 May 1860 ordaining that successive holders of the baronetcy should take name of Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; distributed large sums in charity; J.P. for Bombay; F.R.S. 27 May 1841; fellow of Bombay univ. 1862; C.S.I. 20 May 1871. _d._ Fountain hall, Poona 11 July