Background
JESSEL, Charles James was born on May 11, 1860 in London. Son of late Right Honourable Sir George Jessel, Master of the Rolls.
JESSEL, Charles James was born on May 11, 1860 in London. Son of late Right Honourable Sir George Jessel, Master of the Rolls.
Rugby; Balliol College Oxford (Master of Arts). Master of Arts.
He was created a Baronet, Ladham House in the parish of Goudhurst in the County of Kent, in May 1883, in honour of his father, who had died in March of that year. He was Vice-Chairman of the British North Borneo Company (BNBC) (1903 - 1909). The city of Kota Kinabalu was previously named Jesselton after the BNBC set up operations there.
Jessel was also a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Kent and served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1903.
Jessel married Edith Goldsmid, daughter of Sir Julian Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet, in 1890. Lady Jessel died in January 1956.
Clubs: Garrick, Brooks’s, Oxford and Cambridge, Beefsteak.
Heir: George.
