Baron Jeffreys

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Baron Jeffreys is a British peerage title that has been created twice.

The first creation came in the Peerage of England on May 16, 1685 when the lawyer and later Lord Chancellor George Jeffreys was made Baron Jeffreys of Wem. He had already been created a Baronet, of Bulstrode in the County of Buckingham, in the Baronetage of England in 1681. The titles became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baron, in 1702.

The next creation was in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1952 when the military commander General George Darell Jeffreys was made Baron Jeffreys, of Burkham in the County of Southampton. He had also been a Conservative Member of Parliament for Petersfield. Jeffrey's father Arthur Frederick Jeffreys had previously represented Basingstoke in Parliament, and had been admitted to the Privy Council in 1902.

[edit] Baron Jeffreys of Wem (1685)

[edit] Barons Jeffreys (1952)

The Heir Apparent is Hon. Arthur Mark Henry Jeffreys (b. 18 Feb 1989)