Sir William Jeffcott (1800 – 22 October 1855) was an Anglo-Irish barrister, a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip and Recorder of Prince of Wales Island, Malacca and Singapore.
[1] Born in Ireland, he obtained a bachelor of arts from Trinity College, Dublin and in 1828 he was called to the Irish Bar.
[1] In 1836, his brother John Jeffcott became the first judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia.
[1] On 24 June 1843, John Willis was notified that he had been appointed by Governor Gipps as the judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip and Jeffcott was promptly appointed to replace him.
[3] It has been doubted whether Jeffcott's concerns were well founded, given the long standing-protection of de facto officers.