Sir John Jaffray, 1st Baronet (11 October 1818 – 4 January 1901) was a

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and newspaper proprietor. Born in

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, he moved to

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in 1844, to work for

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on the '' Birmingham Journal'', and became a partner in it in 1852. Together they founded the ''Birmingham Daily Post'', (now ''

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'') in 1857. He founded the ''

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'' with Feeney's son John Feeney in 1870. He was president of

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and founded Birmingham's Jaffray Hospital. In an 1873 by-election, he stood for the parliamentary seat for

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, as a Liberal, but was defeated by 2,893 votes to 3.630 by the

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candidate, Samuel Allsopp. He served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1888 and was created a Baronet, of Skilts in Studley 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. * * Birmingham City Archives, MS 1784, introduction (fro

- search for John Jaffray). * "Parishes: Studley", A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 3: Barlichway hundred (1945), pp. 175–187
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