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_portrait_; _F. Ross’s Celebrities of the Yorkshire Wolds_ (1878) 88–9. JESSE, JOHN (elder son of John Jesse 1759–1817). _b._ Manchester 6 Jany. 1801; sheriff of co. Denbigh 1856; F.L.S. 21 Jany. 1823; F.R.S. 5 May 1842, F.R.A.S. _d._ Llanbedr hall near Ruthin, Denbigh 23 Sep. 1863. JESSE, JOHN HENEAGE (only son of Edward Jesse 1780–1868). _b._ 1815; ed. at Eton 1820–6; clerk in secretary’s department of the admiralty, Whitehall, London 1830–67; published Memoirs of the court of England during the reign of the Stuarts 4 vols. 1840, new ed. 1855 and 1857; Memoirs of the court of England from the revolution in 1688 to the death of George the Second 3 vols. 1843; George Selwyn and his contemporaries 4 vols. 1843–44; Memoirs of the Pretenders and their adherents 2 vols. 1845; Literary and historical memorials of London 2 vols. 1847; London and its celebrities 2 vols. 1850; Memoirs of King Richard the 3rd and some of his contemporaries 1862; Memoirs of the life and reign of king George the third 3 vols. 1867. _d._ the Albany, Piccadilly, London 7 July 1874. _Sylvanus Redivivus. By M. Houston_ (1889) _p._ 24 _et seq._ JESSE, WILLIAM (only son of W. Jesse, V. of Margarelting, Essex). _b._ 27 March 1809; ensign 59 foot 9 April 1825; lieut. 46 foot 24 July 1835; captain 75 foot 26 Aug. 1837 to 6 April 1838 when placed on h.p.; sold out 1844; translator of H. de Crignelle’s Le Morvan, its wild sports, vineyards and forests 1851; J. P. Ferrier’s Caravan journeys and wanderings in Persia 1856; J. P. Ferrier’s History of the Afghans 1858; author of Notes of a half-pay in search of health, or Russia, Circassia and the Crimea 2 vols. 1841; The life of George Brummell, esq. 2 vols. 1844, new ed. 1854, new ed. 2 vols. 1885; Russia and the war 1854; resided at Maisonette, Ingatestone near Chelmsford. _d._ 1871. JESSEL, SIR GEORGE (youngest son of Zadok Aaron Jessel of 1 Savile row, London, diamond merchant, _d._ 1865). _b._ London 13 Feb. 1824; ed. at Kew and Univ. coll. London, fellow 1846; B.A. London 1843, M.A. 1844, a senator 1862 to death, vice chancellor 26 May 1880 to death; barrister L.I. 4 May 1847, bencher 19 April 1865 to death, treasurer 1883; leading junior in the Rolls court; Q.C. 30 March 1865; M.P. for Dover 1868–73; solicitor general 10 Nov. 1871 to 30 Aug. 1873 when he made about £20,000 a year; knighted at Osborne 21 Feb. 1872; master of the Rolls 30 Aug. 1873 to 1 Nov. 1875, being the first Jewish judge; a judge of high court of judicature, chancery division 1 Nov. 1875 to 27 Aug. 1881; member of court of appeal 1 Nov. 1875 to death; P.C. 30 Aug. 1873; a comr. of patents 1873 to death; F.R.S. 25 Nov. 1880; sat in court 16 March 1883. _d._ 10 Hyde park gardens, London 21 March 1883. _bur._ Willesden cemet. 23 March, bust by W. R. Ingram outside lord chief justice’s court in courts of justice, unveiled by lord chancellor 28 Nov. 1888. _A generation of judges_ (1886) 171–82; _Analysis and digest of the decisions of Sir G. Jessel. By A. P. Peter_ (1883); _Times 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30 March 1883_; _I.L.N. lix_ 483, 484 (1871) _portrait_, _lxxxii_ 317 (1883) _portrait_. NOTE.--He was shot at by rev. Henry John Dodwell as he was entering the Rolls court 22 Feb. 1878, Dodwell was tried 15 March and acquitted on the ground of insanity. JESSOP, JOHN. _b._ 1779; ensign 44 foot 1798; captain 15 June 1804 to 1 June 1821 when placed on half pay; served through Peninsular war; major in the army 4 June 1814; C.B. 22 June