Herbert Jeffreys (English Army officer)

Lieutenant-ColonelSir Herbert Jeffreys (c. 1620 – 17 December 1678) was an English army officer and colonial administrator who served as the acting governor of Virginia in the immediate aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion. American historian Douglas Edward Leach described Jeffreys as a "chief troubleshooter" and "the most active and expert guardsman in the political police function of the courtier army."