Edward Jeffreys
Edward Winnington or Jeffreys (8 October 1669 – 20 July 1725) of Ham Castle, Droitwich was an English landowner, judge and Member of Parliament.[1]
He was a younger son of Sir Francis Winnington and a younger brother of Salwey Winnington and studied law at the Middle Temple, where he was called to the bar on 18 May 1694. He married Anne Blome, the niece and heiress of Henry Jeffreys of Ham Castle in Worcestershire, and took the name Edward Jeffreys in about 1709 to inherit the Jeffreys estates.
He sat as MP for Droitwich from 1708 until his death. He was made a King's Counsel in 1711 and again in 1714. From 1711 to 1714, he was Puisne Justice of the Great Sessions for Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire, and Pembrokeshire, and was Puisne Justice of Chester from 1714 until his death.
He left no surviving children, and his estates went to his eldest brother Salwey.
References
- ^ "WINNINGTON (afterwards JEFFREYS), Edward (1669-1725), of Ham Castle, nr. Droitwich, Worcs. and the Middle Temple". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- Retlaw, William. The Parliamentary History of Worcester. p. 130. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
- Burkes Peerage and Baronetage
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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