
Sir Jeffrey Jeffreys
Sir Jeffrey Jeffreys was a London merchant and director of the Royal African Company, whose financial contributions to St Bartholomew’s Hospital were linked to the profits gained from the transatlantic slave trade.
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Among the names etched on to the boards in the Great Hall is Sir Jeffrey Jeffreys, a London merchant who left an unspecified sum to the hospital in his will.
The London hospital funded by donors who invested in the slave trade | SlaveryThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2026-09-14








