Joseph Jekyll

Sir
Joseph Jekyll
Chief Justice of Cheshire
In office
1697–1717
Preceded byJohn Coombe
Succeeded bySpencer Cowper
Master of the Rolls
In office
13 July 1717 – 19 August 1738
Preceded bySir John Trevor
Succeeded bySir John Verney
Personal details
Born1663
Died19 August 1738
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig
ProfessionBarrister, judge, politician

Sir Joseph Jekyll KS PC (1663 – 19 August 1738), of Westminster, was a British barrister, judge and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons for 40 years from 1697 to 1738. He became Master of the Rolls in 1717.