Jephson family

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[edit]

Family tree

William Jephson
granted manor of Froyle 1534

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 Jephson

Maj-Gen John Jephson

Colonel John Jephson
(died 1693)
MP for Mallow

Anthony Jephson
(died 1721)

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

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 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)

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