Arthur Jeffreys

Arthur Jeffreys (1 October 1811 – 13 September 1861) was an English-Australian politician.
He was born in Barnes in Surrey to the Reverend John Jeffreys. He migrated to New South Wales in 1839, and later purchased land near Queanbeyan at Acton. He also owned land in Sydney, notably at Canterbury and Kirribilli. From 1851 to 1854 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He died of Bright's disease in 1861 at Hastings in Sussex. He had married Sarah Campbell, daughter of Robert Campbell, on 17 February 1841; they had four children, one of whom, Arthur Frederick Jeffreys, was later a member of the British House of Commons.