George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys

George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of whom PC ( born May 15, 1645 Wrexham in Wales, † April 18, 1689 in London) was Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.

Jeffreys was born on the family estate of Acton Hall, Wrexham, sixth son of John and Margaret Jeffreys. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, St Paul's School and Westminster School, London. He then spent a year studying at the University of Cambridge.

In the time of the Restoration, he was lord chief justice for massacre of the population after the unsuccessful attempt of the seizure of power by James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, responsible. These acts went under the name Bloody Assizes in the annals. Contrary to widely known eighty dead go to his crackdown approximately 1,000 randomly killed civilians. His subsequent career showed how willing he was to impute his impartiality as a judge his political ambition.

James II beat him knighted in 1677, appointed him in 1681 for his loyal and compliant services to the Baronet and four years later became Baron Jeffreys of Wem simultaneously Lord Chancellor. Jeffreys held this position until the dismissal of Jacob 1688. Given his actions, he tried to flee the country, but was arrested and died in the Tower of London from kidney failure. He had already suffered for some time from kidney stones.