Background
Jessel was the younger son of Sir George Jessel, Solicitor-General and Master of the Rolls, by Amelia Moses, daughter of Joseph Moses.
Jessel was the younger son of Sir George Jessel, Solicitor-General and Master of the Rolls, by Amelia Moses, daughter of Joseph Moses.
He was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford.
He also served as the third Mayor of Westminster in 1902-1903. He lost his Parliamentary seat at the Liberal landslide at the 1906 general election but regained the seat as a Conservative in the January 1910 general election. The constituency was abolished in 1918 and Jessel never returned to the House of Commons.
In 1924 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Jessel, of Westminster in the County of London.
Lord Jessel married Maud Goldsmid, daughter of Sir Julian Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet, in 1894. They had several children.
Lady Jessel died in October 1965.
26th United Kingdom Parliament. 27th United Kingdom Parliament. 30th United Kingdom Parliament.
He was the Conservative candidate for the Westminster Street George"s by-election, 1921.