Scottish journalist and newspaper proprietor
Sir John Jaffray, 1st Baronet (11 October 1818 – 4 January 1901) was a Scottish journalist and newspaper proprietor .
Born in Stirling , he moved to Birmingham in 1844, to work for John Frederick Feeney on the Birmingham Journal Birmingham Daily Post , (now Birmingham Post Birmingham Mail John Feeney in 1870.
He was president of Birmingham General Hospital and founded Birmingham's Jaffray Hospital .[ 1]
In an 1873 by-election , he stood for the parliamentary seat for East Staffordshire , as a Liberal , but was defeated by 2,893 votes to 3.630 by the Conservative candidate, Samuel Allsopp .[ 2]
He served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1888 and was created a Baronet , of Skilts in Studley in the County of Warwick, in 1892, taking his title from the estate he had bought there.
References
^ "The History of BMI The Priory Hospital" . BMI Healthcare UK. Retrieved 15 May 2017 .^ Thomas T. Harman (1885), Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham: A history and guide, arranged alphabetically: containing thousands of dates and references to matters of interest connected with the past and present history of the town – its public buildings, chapels, churches and clubs – its Friendly Societies and Benevolent Associations, philanthropic and philosophical institutions – its colleges and schools, parks, gardens, theatres, and places of amusement – its men of worth and noteworthy men, manufactures and trades, population, rates, statistics of progress, &c., &c. Wikidata Q66438509
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source [better source needed Birmingham City Archives, MS 1784, introduction (from [1] - search for John Jaffray).
"Parishes: Studley", A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 3: Barlichway hundred (1945), pp. 175–187. Jaffray (accessed: 30 January 2008).
