LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, Baron, 1644 or 5-1689 NRA: Jeffreys George (1648-1689) 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem judge DNB: Jeffreys, George, first Baron Jeffreys (1645-1689), judge LBT ID: GeJeffr1689 VIAF ID: 44291859 LOC ID: n84141087 | B/BAP: 1645-05-15 DIED: 1689-04 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
Known as the “hanging judge,” he was chief justice of king's bench (1683-1685) in which
capacity he presided over the trial of Algernon Sidney and the Rye House plotters; he died
in the Tower of London. | |
