Jeejeebhoy, Sir Jamsetjee, Indian philanthropist, a Parsee by birth and creed, born in Bombay; realised a fortune as a merchant, and employed it in releasing debtors from jail by paying their debts, and in founding a hospital and schools; in 1857 was made a baronet (1783‒1859).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Jeddah * Jefferies, John Richard