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'''Baron Jeffreys''' is a title that has been created twice, once in the [[Peerage of England]] and once in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. The first creation came in the Peerage of England on 16 May 1685 when the lawyer and later [[Lord Chancellor]], [[George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys|Sir George Jeffreys, 1st Baronet]], 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 came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1952 when General [[George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (second creation)|George Jeffreys]] was made '''Baron Jeffreys''', of Burkham in the County of Southampton. He had also served as [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Petersfield]]. Jeffreys' father [[Arthur Frederick Jeffreys]] had previously represented [[Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency)|Basingstoke]] in Parliament, and had been admitted to the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] in 1902. Lord Jeffreys was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron, his son and heir Captain Christopher John Darell Jeffreys (1907–1940) having been killed in action in May 1940. {{As of|
The family seat is Bottom Farm, near [[Grantham]], [[Lincolnshire]].
==Baron Jeffreys, First creation (1685)==
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