Nathaniel Jefferys

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Nathaniel Jefferys (1758? – 3 March 1810) was a London jeweller who was Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1796 to 1803.[1]

Family and early career

Jefferys was the son of Nathaniel Jefferys (died 1786) and his wife Elizabeth.

courtiers.[1] About the same time, he married Mary, daughter of rich merchant William Knowlys and sister of John and Newman Knowlys.[1][2] The couple lived richly, with a townhouse in Pall Mall and a seaside villa by Benjamin Bond-Hopkins near Ramsgate.[1] They had several daughters and one son,[1] Nathaniel Newman Jefferys (1788–1873), later of Chepstow and Southampton and in 1817 a Master extraordinary in the Court of Chancery.[3] In 1846, John Knowlys bequeathed Nathaniel Newman Jefferys a lump sum of £5000 and Nathaniel's sister Mary £200 a year.[4]

Parliament and later career

References

Publications

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Thorne, R. G. (1986). "Jefferys, Nathaniel (?1758–1810)". In R. Thorne (ed.). The History of Parliament. Vol. The House of Commons 1790–1820. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. ^ Mayo, Charles Herbert (1882). A genealogical account of the Mayo and Elton families of the counties of Wilts and Hereford. London: C. Whittingham. pp. 143-144. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. ^ Bulletins and Other State Intelligence. Westminster: R. G. Clarke. 1817. p. 162. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Additions to Obituary". The Gentleman's Magazine. ns XXVI. London: John Bowyer Nichols: 661. December 1846. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Thorne, R. G. (1986). "Coventry". In R. Thorne (ed.). The History of Parliament. Vol. The House of Commons 1790–1820. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  6. ^ Barlow, Francis William (1803). The whole of the evidence given on the trial of the petition of William Wilberforce Bird and Peter Moore : against the return of Capt. Barlow and Nathaniel Jefferys, at the last general election. Coventry: J. Turner. pp. 1–22, 515. Retrieved 12 December 2019 – via Warwick Digital Collections.
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