Jephson family

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Jephson (also spelt Gestson) [1] may refer to various members of, or estates belonging to, a landed family chiefly seated in the English county of Hampshire and the Irish county Cork.

The Gestson surname suggests this family were of Scandinavian descent. [ citation needed ]

Family tree of notable members

Family tree
William Jephson
granted manor of Froyle 1534
William Jephson
High Sheriff of Hampshire 1551
Sir William Jephson
(died 1615)
MP for Hampshire
Maj-Gen Sir John Jephson
(died 1638)
MP for Hampshire and Petersfield
Elizabeth
heiress of Sir Thomas Norreys of Mallow Castle
Maj-Gen William Jephson
(1609–1658)
MP for Stockbridge and Envoy to Sweden; sold Froyle estate in 1653
Colonel Norreys JephsonMaj-Gen John Jephson
Colonel John Jephson
(died 1693)
MP for Mallow
William Jephson
(died 1691)
MP for East Grinstead and Chipping Wycombe
Anthony Jephson
(died 1721)
William Jephson
(died 1720)
Dean of Kilmore
William Jephson
(died 1698)
MP for Mallow
William Jephson
(died 1716)
MP for Mallow
Anthony Jephson
(died 1755)
MP for Mallow
John Jephson
(died 1742)
Archdeacon of Cloyne
Denham Jephson
(died 1781)
MP for Mallow
William Jephson
(died 1779)
MP for Mallow
William Norreys Jephson
(1734–1791)
Archdeacon of Cork
Robert Jephson
(1736–1803)
MP for St Johnstown, Old Leighlin and Granard
Denham Jephson
(died 1813)
MP for Mallow
Anthony Jephson
(died 1794)
MP for Mallow
Lt-Col William Jephson
(died 1816)
John Jephson
(1764–1826)
Rector of Mullaghbrack
Sir Richard Mounteney Jephson, 1st Bt
(1765–1824)
Judge of the Admiralty
Sir Charles Denham Orlando Jephson-Norreys, 1st Bt
(1799–1888)
MP for Mallow
John Mounteney Jephson
(1819–1865)
Vicar of Childerditch
Sir Richard Mounteney Jephson, 2nd Bt
(died 1870)
Sir James Saumarez Jephson, 3rd Bt
(1802–1884)
Maj-Gen Sir Stanhope William Jephson, 4th Bt
(1810–1900)
Catherine Louisa Jephson
(died 1911)
heiress of Mallow Castle; married James MacEwan, Dean of Ardfert
Jermy Frederick Jephson
(1850–1903)
John Pascoe Jermy Jephson
(1855–1923)
Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson
(1858–1908)
Brigadier Maurice Denham Jephson [2]
(1890–1968)
inherited Mallow Castle 1938
John Mounteney Norreys
(1888–1971)
Arthur Desmond Mounteney Jephson-Norreys
(1905–1938)
inherited Mallow Castle 1911
Lt-Cdr Maurice Christian Mounteney Jephson
(1919–1989)
inherited Mallow Castle 1968; sold it in 1984

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References

  1. "Recusant history Volume 12". 1974. 1974. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  2. "Jephson, Brig. Maurice Denham" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)