JAFFRAY, Alexander

1734 - 1818  (84 years)

• Name	JAFFRAY, Alexander
  Born	1734	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Mar 1818	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
  Person ID	I18039	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	JAFFRAY, Robert,   b. 1702, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 20 Sep 1773, Dublin, Ireland  (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	STRETTELL, Abigail,   b. 1707, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland ,   d. 1788, Dublin, Ireland  (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1733
  Family ID	F1238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Summary of Alexander's life Posted 16 Dec 2013 by fountaingaryj This summary was discovered in the Royal Dublin Society's 'Past Member' records: Alexander Jaffray (c.1734-1818), was the son of Robert Jaffray, a Quaker, but apparently became a member of the established church. He was a partner in the firm of Jaffray, Fayle, and Hautenville, Eustace Street, and married Sarah Fayle. Alexander Jaffray was elected a member of the Dublin Society on 26 November 1767. His proposers were Conolly Norman and William Humberstone. He was appointed to a commerce sub-committee on 8 April 1773, and served on the economy committee 1803-04. It is an indication of his religious tolerance that he proposed only two candidates for membership, both catholic activists, viz. James Farrell (1780) and Dowel O’Reilly (1781). In November 1811 the crown prosecutor rejected Alexander Jaffray for jury service in the trial of the Dublin catholic committee, on the grounds of his known sympathy towards catholic relief measures. He was a founder of Dublin Chamber of Commerce, and of the Bank of Ireland, in 1783. In 1783, 1785 and 1787-93 he was a director of the bank, and its governor 1791-3. He was a trustee of the Royal Exchange, and of Simpson’s hospital, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. He died at Cheltenham, aged eighty-four, on 20 March 1818, leaving no issue. His great-grand-nephew Brigadier John Nicholson (1823-57) had a distinguished career in the service of the East India Company, and was known as the ‘Lion of the Punjaub’. He was killed leading the defence of Delhi in 1857. - See more at: http://www.rds.ie/cat_historic_member_detail.jsp?itemID=1096964&item_name=#sthash.YzW28NZw.dpuf