William Jeffcock

William Jeffcock: Portrait in Sheffield Town Hall

William Jeffcock (1800 – 1877) was the first Mayor of Sheffield.

Jeffcock was born in April 1800 in Handsworth, South Yorkshire, the son of John Jeffcock,[1] a colliery owner (1763 – 1814).[2] On 2 January 1827 he married Judith Stobart.[3] They had at least two sons William Henry and (unknown)[4] and a daughter, Mary.[4]

He was elected Mayor of Sheffield on 9 April 1843.[5][6]

In 1846 he was made a Justice of the Peace.[7] He was also a Major in the First West York Yeomanry Cavalry.[8][9]

In 1850, on the family estate, he commissioned a mansion house High Hazels to be built "regardless of cost".[1]

In 1867 a portrait was presented, which now hangs in the Lord Mayor's Parlour of Sheffield Town Hall.[10]

He died 22 November 1871, in County Tyrone, Ireland.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 High Hazels Park - a short history Friends of High Hazel
  2. ↑ Leeds Mercury, 13 September 1814, Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries
  3. ↑ GENUKI Chester-le-Street Marriages 1800–1837
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Morning Chronicle 24 November 1856 "Marriage of William Henry, eldest son of William Jeffcock"
  5. ↑ Manchester Times, 18 November 1843
  6. ↑ A Sheffield Victorian Diary 1843–1864
  7. ↑ National Archives Oaths of Justices of the Peace
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 25 Nov 1871 p 7 "Deaths"
  9. ↑ The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent 27 November 1871 "The Death of W. Jeffcock, Esq."
  10. ↑ Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 31 December 1867 "Portrait of Mr. William Jeffcock, first Mayor of Sheffield, hung in the Council Hall."