William Jeffcock

[5] A public meeting was held in Sheffield on 3 January 1838, which sent a petition to the Queen for incorporation; but it was not till 1840 when the Justices of the West Riding at Wakefield, resolved to apply the provisions of the County Police Act 1839 to the populous parts of the West Riding – thus placing the large unincorporated towns in the hands of the County Magistracy – that headway was made.

On 9 November following the first meeting of the Town Council was held in one of the rooms of the late Banking House of Messrs. Parker, Shore and Co., under the presidency of W. Smith, at which William Jeffcock was chosen Mayor of Sheffield.

The stained glass window installed 1850 to commemorate the construction of the house is still there.William died on 21 November 1871 at Dunmoyle, in County Tyrone, Ireland.

[12][13] A full-length portrait by Hugh Ford Crighton was presented to the council by the members of the Sheffield Squadron of the Yeomanry, on 13 February 1867.

[14] A smaller ¾ length portrait, again by H. F. Crighton hung originally in the Committee Room at the Town Clerk's Offices, Hartshead.