Jessel Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for members of the Jessel family, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010.

The Jessel Baronetcy, of Ladham House in Goudhurst in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 May 1883 for Charles Jessel, in honour of his father, the prominent lawyer and judge Sir George Jessel
George Jessel (jurist)
Sir George Jessel , a British judge, was born in London. He was one of the most influential commercial law and equity judges of his time, and served as the Master of the Rolls.-Early life and education:...

, Master of the Rolls
Master of the Rolls
The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second most senior judge in England and Wales, after the Lord Chief Justice. The Master of the Rolls is the presiding officer of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal...

 from 1873 to 1883. The first Baronet was later High Sheriff of Kent
High Sheriff of Kent
The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions...

 in 1903.

The Jessel Baronetcy, of Westminster in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1917 for the politician Herbert Jessel, second son of Sir George Jessel and younger brother of the first Baronet of the 1883 creation. He was elevated to the peerage as Baron Jessel
Baron Jessel
Baron Jessel, of Westminster in the County of London, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 January 1924 for Sir Herbert Jessell, 1st Baronet, who had earlier represented St Pancras South in Parliament as a Liberal Unionist from 1896 to 1906 and as a Conservative...

 in 1924 (see this title for more information).

Jessel Baronets, of Ladham (1883)

  • Sir Charles James Jessel
    Charles Jessel
    Sir Charles James Jessel , 1st Baronet Jessel of Ladham, was a former Vice Chairman of the British North Borneo Company . The city of Kota Kinabalu was previously named Jesselton after the BNBC set up operations there....

    , 1st Baronet (1860-1928)
  • Sir George Jessel, 2nd Baronet (1891-1907)
  • Sir Charles John Jessel, 3rd Baronet (b. 1924)
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