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Authorised form of nameJessel; Sir; George (1824 - 1883)
Dates1824 - 1883
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth13 February 1824
Date of death21 March 1883
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
United Synagogue cemetery, Willesden, London
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
Jewish school, Kew; University College, London. BA (1843), MA (1847)
Career:
QC (1845); Bencher (1845); MP for Dover (1868-1873); Solicitor General (1871); Master of the Rolls (1873); Privy Councillor (1873); suffered from diabetes
Honours:
Kt 1871
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election25/11/1880
RelationshipsSon of Zadok Aaron Jessel, Jewish merchant, of Putney; married (20 August 1856) Amelia, daughter of Joseph Moses of London
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/4528369
CodeNA6504
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1880/19Jessel, Sir George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/12/123Letter from George B Rashleigh, Principal Secretary, Rolls House, Chancery Lane, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]29 November 1880
MC/12/122Letter from George B Rashleigh, Principal Secretary, Rolls House, Chancery Lane, to John Evans, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]27 November 1880
MC/12/126Letter from George B Rashleigh, Principal Secretary, Rolls House, Chancery Lane, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]30 November 1880
MC/12Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1880-1883
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