- John Jaffray
Sir John Jaffray, 1st Baronet (
11 October 1818 -4 January 1901 ) was a Scottish journalist and newspaper proprietor.Born in
Stirling , he moved toBirmingham in 1844, to work forJohn Frederick Feeney on the "Birmingham Journal", and became a partner in it in 1852. Together they founded the "Birmingham Daily Post", (now "Birmingham Post ") in 1857. He founded the "Birmingham Mail " with Feeney's son John Feeney in 1870.He served as
High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1888 and was created a Baronet, of Skilts inStudley in the County of Warwick, in 1892, taking his title from the estate he had bought there.References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
*Birmingham City Archives, MS 1784, introduction (from [http://www.a2a.org.uk] - search for John Jaffray).
*'Parishes: Studley', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 3: Barlichway hundred (1945), pp. 175-187. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57007&strquery=John Jaffray] (accessed: 30 January 2008).
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