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 arthur frederick jeffreys
arthur frederick jeffreys

arthur frederick jeffreys pc -lrb- 7 april 1848 -- 14 february 1906 -rrb- , 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 .
during his youth he was a successful cricketer with hampshire and new south wales .
he graduated from christ church , oxford with a b.a. .
he studied law at the inner temple and was called to the bar in 1872 .
he served as a justice of the peace for hampshire .
he was elected to the house of commons for basingstoke in 1887 , a seat he held until his death , and was admitted to the privy council in 1902 .
he served briefly under arthur balfour as parliamentary secretary to the local government board from june to december 1905 .
jeffreys died in february 1906 , aged 57 .
in 1877 he married amy fenwick , and their son george became a prominent military commander and was elevated to the peerage as baron jeffreys in 1952 .
