Herbert Jeffreys (English Army officer)
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Herbert Jeffreys ( – 17 December 1678) was an English Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the acting governor of Virginia in the immediate aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion. American historian Douglas Edward Leach described Jeffreys as a "chief troubleshooter" and "the most active and expert guardsman in the political police function of the courtier army." Biography Early life and family Jeffreys was born around 1620–1625 in Kirkham, North Yorkshire, England. Available records indicate that Jeffreys married Susanna Osborne and they had seven children during the period between 1666 and 1674. The Jeffreys family resided in Yorkshire and attended Saint Michael-Le-Belfry church. Military service Jeffreys was a longtime military officer and staunch royalist. From 1642 until 1648, he fought for King Charles I in the English Civil War. During the period following, Jeffreys was in French exile, where he served on the military staff of Charles I's second son, James, Duke of York. While in Flanders, Jeffreys supported the repression of the Fronde provincial revolts between 1648 and 1653 and helped to form the Guards of Charles II. After the restoration of Charles II as King, Jeffreys served the crown as commander of Guards Garrison companies in