The daughter of Charles Wilson, professor of ecclesiastical history at St Andrews; in 1801 she became the first wife of Francis Jeffrey.

REFERENCES TO Catherine Jeffrey [née Wilson]:

Sydney Smith to Francis Jeffrey, [Summer 1802] in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Francis Jeffrey, [Late summer 1804] in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)