Leonard Jeffery was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1915 but appears to have grown up in the UK from age of 12, his family having links to Cornwall. It is uncertain where he gained his architectural education but by 1949 he is noted in the UK Colonial Office List as an Architectural Assistant for the Public Works Department, Uganda. He subsequently attended the AA Department of Tropical Architecture in 1955-56 and, upon graduation, returned to Africa, being recorded in 1959 as a ‘Senior Architect’ based in Nigeria. By 1961 he was working for Design Group Nigeria, based in Kaduna, before moving to Malawi, where he is listed as residing in Zomba in 1969. In his latter years he returned to Cornwall, where he passed away in 1987.

Sources

• Architectural Association Student Register 1945-1972, AA Archives
• Department of Tropical Architecture, student listing, Otto Koenigsberger Collection, Box OK27, AA Archives
• The Colonial Office List, Great Britain Colonial Office, Issue 240, 1949, p359
• The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; BT27 Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors: Outwards Passenger Lists; Reference Number: Series BT27-184468
• The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors: Inwards Passenger Lists; Class: Bt26; Piece: 1300; Item: 124
• The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors: Inwards Passenger Lists; Class: Bt26; Piece: 1456; Item: 27
• Architectural Association Members List 1961;
• Architectural Association Members List 1969;
• The Kalendar of the Royal Institute of British Architect, 1965, p.290.
• RIBA Directory of Members 1969
• General Register Office; United Kingdom; England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, Volume: 21; Page: 576