JEBB, Richard (brother of Rev. John Jebb 1805–86). b. 1806; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1827, M.A. 1832; barrister King’s inns, Dublin 1830; barrister L.I. 23 Nov. 1832; practised in London; vicar general of Isle of Man, and as such judge of the ecclesiastical court 1861 to death; the legislature of Isle of Man agreed to a bill abolishing his office the week before his death. d. Douglas, Isle of Man 8 Feb. 1884.
JEBB, William Francis (3 son of lieut. William Francis Jebb, R.N.). b. Corby, Northants. 1828; educ. for the bar; clerk to Westminster district board to 1867; clerk to Metropolitan asylums district board from its beginning 1867 to death. d. 3 Campden grove, Kensington 4 Oct. 1890. bur. Kensington cemet. Hanwell 9 Oct. The Metropolitan 11 Oct. 1890 p. 647; I.L.N. 18 Oct. 1890 p. 483, portrait.
JECKS, Harriet (youngest child of Mr. Coveney, actor 1790–1881). b. London 1 Nov. 1827; first appeared on the stage at Adelphi theatre, Edinburgh 30 June 1834 as Zoe in Buckstone’s burletta The convent of St. Eloi; played Oliver Twist at T.R. Glasgow; pupil of Charles Leclercq the ballet master; made her début in London at Victoria theatre; played in the provinces; at the Adelphi, London 1841 and 1849–50, at Vauxhall gardens 1842; acted under Chatterton at Drury Lane 1868–79; played the Marquise in L’Œil Crevé at Opera Comique 21 Oct. 1872; created the parts of Mrs. Privett in opera of Dorothy at Gaiety 25 Sep. 1886, and of Tabitha in opera of Doris at Lyric 20 April 1889, Dorothy was played until 6 April 1889, 931 times; played upwards of 1800 parts during her career. (m. Charles A. Jecks, acting manager of Adelphi theatre, London). d. Ramsgate 24 Feb. 1892. The Players, ii 57 (1860), portrait.
JEENS, Charles Henry (son of Henry Jeens of Uley, Gloucs.). b. Uley 19 Oct. 1827; engraved postage stamps for English colonies; engraved many plates for the Art Journal and vignettes and portraits for publications of Macmillan & Co., including a series of ‘Scientific Worthies’ in Nature; exhibited 6 engravings at R.A. 1860–76; engraved Joseph and Mary, after Armitage for Art Union of London 1877; a vol. of proofs of his vignettes is in print room of British Museum. d. 67 St. Paul’s road, Camden sq. London 22 Oct. 1879.
JEFFCOCK, Parkin (son of John Jeffcock of Cowley, Derbyshire). b. Cowley manor 27 Oct. 1829; articled to George Hunter of Durham, engineer 1850; partner with J. T. Woodhouse of Derby, mining engineer 1857; examined and reported on the Moselle coalfield near Saarbrück 1863–4; descended the Oaks Pit near Barnsley which was on fire 12 Dec. 1866 where he was killed by an explosion 13 Dec. 1866, his body was recovered 5 Oct. 1867 and buried in Ecclesfield churchyard; St. Saviour’s church, Mortomley near Sheffield was built as a memorial of him 1872. Parkin Jeffcock: a memoir by Rev. J. T. Jeffcock (1867), portrait; I.L.N. l, 21 (1867), portrait.
JEFFCOTT, Sir William (son of Wm. Jeffcott of Tralee, Ireland). b. 1800; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; barrister King’s inns, Dublin 1828; practised in Dublin; judge of supreme court of New South Wales, then resident judge in Melbourne of Port Philip district, Nov. 1842 to Jany. 1845; recorder of Singapore, Malacca and Prince Edward’s Island 1849 to death; knighted by patent 29 Dec. 1849; appointed a judge at Bombay, Oct. 1855. d. Bombay 23 Oct. 1855.
JEFFERIES, John Richard, but always known as Richard Jefferies (son of James Jefferies of Coate farm, Liddington near Swindon). b. Coate farm 6 Nov. 1848; ran away to France 11 Nov. 1864; a reporter on the North Wilts Herald, March 1866; a writer in Pall Mall Gazette from 1870; author of A memoir of the Goddards of North Wilts. 1873; The scarlet shawl 1874; Restless human hearts 3 vols. 1875; The world’s end 3 vols. 1877; The gamekeeper at home. By R. J. 1878, 2 ed. 1880; Wild life in a southern county 1879; Hodge and his master 2 vols. 1880; Wood magic 2 vols. 1881; Bevis, the story of a boy 3 vols. 1882; The story of my heart 1883, with portrait; The Dewy morn 2 vols. 1884; After London 1885 and other books. d. Goring, Sussex 14 Aug. 1887, monu. in Salisbury cath., bust in Shire hall, Taunton, bust by Margaret Thomas in Salisbury cath. unveiled 9 March 1892. W. Besant’s Eulogy of R. Jefferies (1888), portrait; National Review, Oct. 1887 pp. 242–50; Literary Opinion, April 1892, portrait.
JEFFERINI, John, stage name of John Jeffreys. Made his first appearance at the Panharmonium theatre, King’s Cross, London 1837 as Desperetta in The Dumb Maid of Genoa; a pupil of Tom Matthews the clown; tobacconist at 2 Myddelton quadrant, Spa Fields 1839–47; kept a tobacconist’s shop known as “The Little Snuff-box,” Garnault place, Clerkenwell 1847–53, it was also a gambling-house where French hazard and écarté were played; the sign portraiture which adorned the Clown Tavern, 62 St. John st. road, Clerkenwell 1842–9 was the face and form of Jefferini; played clown in E. L. Blanchard’s pantomime King Alfred the Great, at Olympic theatre 26 Dec. 1846; played clown at Sadler’s Wells, City of London and Victoria theatres; landlord of the Rose public house 2 Farringdon st. 1851–3. d. 1853. Life of E. L. Blanchard, i 51–2 (1891).
JEFFERIS, Charles. b. 1789; entered navy 19 Feb. 1801; took part in Lord Nelson’s victory over the Danes off Copenhagen 2 April 1801 and was ultimately the last survivor of those present; retired commander 11 March 1860. d. 3 July 1875 aged 86. O’Byrne’s Naval Biog. Dict. (1849) 579.
JEFFERSON, Margaret C. (dau. of Mr. Lockyer). b. Burnham, England 11 Sep. 1832. (m. 1849 Joseph Jefferson, American comedian who was b. Philadelphia 20 Feb. 1829); first appeared at Bowery theatre, New York as the Fairy queen in Cinderella 1848; came out at Niblo’s garden as Mrs. Lullaby 23 July 1859; a pleasing actress in soubrette parts. d. Twelfth st. New York 25 Feb. 1861. Brown’s American stage (1870) 194; Ireland’s New York stage, ii 501, 558 (1867); Autobiography of J. Jefferson (1890) 127–8, 229.