Baron Jeffreys is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England

Peerage of England

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 and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. The first creation came in the Peerage of England on 16 May 1685 when the lawyer and later Lord Chancellor

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, Sir George Jeffreys, 1st Baronet

George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys

George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem, PC , also known as "The Hanging Judge", was an English judge. He became notable during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor .- Early years and education :Jeffreys was born at the family estate of Acton Hall, near Wrexham,...

, 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 was made Baron Jeffreys, of Burkham in the County of Southampton. He had also served as Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 Member of Parliament

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 for Petersfield

Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Petersfield was an English Parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Petersfield in Hampshire. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the 1983 general election....

. Jeffrey's father Arthur Frederick Jeffreys

Arthur Frederick Jeffreys

Arthur Frederick Jeffreys PC , of Burkham House in Hampshire, was a British Conservative politician.Jeffreys was the son of Arthur Jeffreys, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, who had emigrated to Australia in 1839...

 had previously represented Basingstoke in Parliament, and had been admitted to the Privy Council

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 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. the title is held by the second Baron's eldest son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1986.

Baron Jeffreys, First creation (1685)

• George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys
  George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys
  George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem, PC , also known as "The Hanging Judge", was an English judge. He became notable during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor .- Early years and education :Jeffreys was born at the family estate of Acton Hall, near Wrexham,...
  
   (1648–1689)
• John Jeffreys, 2nd Baron Jeffreys (1673–1702)

Barons Jeffreys, Second creation (1952)

• George Darell Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1878–1960)
• Mark George Christopher Jeffreys, 2nd Baron Jeffreys (1932–1986)
• Christopher Henry Mark Jeffreys, 3rd Baron Jeffreys (b. 1957)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son Hon. Arthur Mark Henry Jeffreys (b. 1989)