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Herbert Merton Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel CB, CMG, TD, DL, JP (27 October 1866 – 1 November 1950), known as Sir Herbert Jessel, Bt, between 1917 and 1924, was a British soldier and

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, later

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politician.

Biography

Jessel was the younger son of Sir George Jessel, Solicitor-General and

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, by Amelia Moses, daughter of Joseph Moses.

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, of Ladham House, was his elder brother (see Jessel Baronets). He was educated at

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and

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.thepeerage.com Herbert Merton Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel
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, representing Grosvenor Ward. He served as the third Mayor of Westminster in 1902–03. Jessel was elected to Parliament as a

for St Pancras South in an 1896 by-election (succeeding his deceased father-in-law Sir Julian Goldsmid). He lost his Parliamentary seat at the Liberal landslide at the 1906 general election but regained the seat as a

in the

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. The constituency was abolished in 1918 and Jessel never returned to the House of Commons. He was the Conservative candidate for the 1921 Westminster St George's by-election. He was created a Baronet, of Westminster, in 1917, made a Companion of the

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in 1918 and an officer of the Order of Leopold and Companion of the

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in 1919. 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

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, in 1894. They had several children. Lord Jessel died in November 1950, aged 84, and was succeeded by his only son,

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. Lady Jessel died in October 1965.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jessel, Herbert Jessel, 1st Baron 1866 births 1950 deaths People educated at Rugby School Alumni of New College, Oxford Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Companions of the Order of the Bath UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs who were granted peerages Jewish British politicians Liberal Unionist Party MPs for English constituencies Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Barons created by George V English justices of the peace