Jeffery Hale

Jeffery Hale (April 19, 1803 – November 13, 1864) was a philanthropist in Lower Canada.

[1] The son of Elizabeth Frances Amherst and John Hale,[2] he was born in Quebec City and was educated in England.

Hale served in the Royal Navy from the age of 14 until he was 24, when he returned to Lower Canada to assist his father, who was suffering from poor health, as receiver general for the province.

He was a founder of the Quebec Provident and Savings Bank, and also aided in the founding of Mount Hermon Cemetery in Sillery.

[1][3] Hale died in England at Tunbridge Wells in Kent at the age of 61 and he is buried in Woodbury Park Cemetery.