See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• SIR GEORGE JESSEL (1824-1883)

JESSEL (1824-1883)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 13th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1824 . He was the son of Zadok See also:

• AARON

Aaron See also:

• JESSEL, SIR GEORGE (1824-1883)

Jessel, a Jewish See also:

• CORAL

coral See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant . See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Jessel was educated at a school for See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews at See also:

• KEW

Kew, and being prevented by then existing religious disabilities from proceeding to See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford or See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, went to University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, London . He entered as a student at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn in 1842, and a See also:

• YEAR

year later took his B.A. degree at the university of London, becoming M.A. and See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold medallist in See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics and natural See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy in 1844 . In 1846 he became a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of University College, and in 1847 he was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at Lincoln's Inn . His earnings during his first three years at the bar were 52,346, and 795 guineas, from which it will be seen that his rise to a tolerably large practice was rapid . His See also:

• WORK

work, however, was mainly See also:

• CONVEYANCING

conveyancing, and for See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long his income remained almost stationary . By degrees, however, he got more work, and was called within the bar in 1865, becoming a bencher of his Inn in the same year and practising in the Rolls See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court . Jessel entered See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as Liberal member for See also:

• DOVER
• DOVER, GEORGE JAMES WELBORE
• DOVER, HENRY JERMYN, EARL OF (c. 1636-1708)
• DOVER, ROBERT (1575-1641)

Dover in 1868, and although neither his See also:

• INTELLECT (Lat. intellectus, from intelligere, to understand)

intellect nor his See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory was of a class likely to commend itself to his fellow-members, he attracted See also:

• GLADSTONE
• GLADSTONE, JOHN HALL (1827-1902)
• GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809–1898)

Gladstone's See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention by two learned speeches on the See also:

• BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

Bankruptcy See also:

• BILL

Bill which was before the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in 1869, with the result that in 1871 he was appointed See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . His reputation at this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time stood high in the See also:

• CHANCERY

Chancery courts; on the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side he was unknown, and on the first occasion upon which he came into the court of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench to move on behalf of the See also:

• CROWN

Crown, there was very nearly a collision between him and the bench . His forceful and See also:

• DIRECT

direct method of bringing his arguments See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home to the bench was not modified in his subsequent practice before it . His See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers were fully recognized; his business in addition to that on behalf of the Crown became very large, and his income for three years before he was raised to the bench amounted to nearly £25,000 per annum .

In 1873 Jessel succeeded See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• ROMILLY, JOHN ROMILLY, 1ST BARON (1802-1874)
• ROMILLY, SIR SAMUEL (1757-1818)

Romilly as See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the rolls . From 1873 to 1881 Jessel sat as a judge of first instance in the rolls court, being also a member of the court of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal . In See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1874 the first Judicature See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act came into effect, and in 1881 the Judicature Act of that year made the master of the rolls the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the first court of appeal, relieving him of his duties as a judge of first instance . In the court of appeal Jessel presided almost to the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of his See also:

• DEATH

death . For some time before 1883 he suffered from See also:

• DIABETES (from Gr. &a, through, and faivecv, to pass)

diabetes with chronic disorder of the See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart and See also:

• LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver, but struggled against it; on the 16th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1883 he sat in court for the last time, and on the 21st of March he died at his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in London, the immediate cause of death being cardiac See also:

• SYNCOPE (Gr. vvyKO7n , a cutting up or short, from Kbirrew, to cut)

syncope . As a judge of first instance Jessel was a See also:

• REVELATION, BOOK OF

revelation to those accustomed to the proverbial slowness of the chancery courts ( with a railway station 75 M . N.E.of See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta . Pop . (1900, 8054, and of the master of the rolls who preceded him . He disposed of the business before him with rapidity combined with correctness of See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment, and he not only had no arrears himself, but was frequently able to help other See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges to clear their lists . His knowledge of law and See also:

• EQUITY (Lat. aequitas)

equity was wide and accurate, and his memory for cases and command of the principles laid down in them extraordinary . In the rolls court he never reserved a judgment, not even in the See also:

• EPPING

Epping See also:

• FOREST

Forest See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case (Commissioners of Sewers v .

Glasse, L.R . 19 Eq.; The Times, 11th November 1874), in which the See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence and arguments lasted twenty-two days (150 witnesses being examined in court, while the documents went back to the days of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John), and in the court of appeal he did so only twice, and then in deference to the wishes of his colleagues . The second of these two occasions was the case of Robarts v . The See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

Corporation of London (49 Law Times 455; The Times, loth March 1883), and those who may read Jessel's judgment should remember that, reviewing as it does the law and See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom on the subject, and the records of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city with regard to the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of a See also:

• REMEMBRANCER

remembrancer from the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, together with the facts of the case before the court, it occupied nearly an See also:

• HOUR

hour to deliver, but was nevertheless delivered without notes—this, too, on the 9th of March 1883, when the judge who uttered it was within a fortnight of his death . Never during the 19th century was the business of any court performed so rapidly, punctually, and satisfactorily as it was when Jessel presided . He was master of the rolls at a momentous See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of legal See also:

• HISTORY

history . The Judicature Acts, completing the See also:

• FUSION

fusion of law and equity, were passed while he was judge of first instance, and were still new to the courts when he died . His knowledge and See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of assimilating knowledge of all subjects, his mastery of every See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of law with which he had to concern himself, as well as of equity, together with his willingness to give effect to the new See also:

• SYSTEM

system, caused it to be said when he died that the success of the Judicature Acts would have been impossible without him . His faults as a judge See also:

• LAY

lay in his disposition to be intolerant of those who, not able to follow the rapidity of his judgment, endeavoured to persist in See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument after he had made up his mind; but though he was See also:

• PEREMPTORY

peremptory with the most eminent counsel, See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young men had no cause to complain of his treatment of them . Jessel sat on the royal See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission for the See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

amendment of the Medical Acts, taking an active See also:

• PART

part in the preparation of its See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report . He actively interested himself in the management of Lon-See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

don University, of which he was a fellow from 1861, and of which he was elected See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor in 1880 . He was one of the commissioners of See also:

• PATENTS

patents, and trustee of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum .

He was also chairman of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of judges which drafted the new rules rendered necessary by the Judicature Acts . He was treasurer of Lincoln's Inn in 1883, and vice-president of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of legal See also:

• EDUCATION

education . He was also a fellow of the Royal Society . Jessel's career marks an See also:

• EPOCH (Gr. E7roxij, holding in suspense, a pause, from E1rxav, to hold up, to stop)

epoch on the bench, owing to the active part taken by him in rendering the Judicature Acts effective, and also because he was the last judge capable of sitting in the House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons, a See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege of which he did not avail himself . He was the first See also:

• JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew who, as solicitor-general, took a See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the executive See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, the first Jew who was sworn a See also:

• REGULAR

regular member of the privy council, and the first Jew who took a seat on the judicial bench of Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain; • he was also, for many years after being called to the bar, so situated that any one might have driven him from it, because, being a Jew, he was not qualified to be a member of the bar . In See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person Jessel was a stoutish, square-built See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• MIDDLE

middle height, with dark See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, somewhat heavy features, a fresh ruddy complexion, and a large mouth . He married in 1856 Amelia, daughter of See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses, who survived him together with • three daughters and two sons, the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder of whom, See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James (b . 1860), was made a See also:

• BARONET

baronet shortly after the death of his distinguished See also:

• FATHER

father and in recognition of his services . See The Times, March 23, 1883; E . See also:

• MANSON, GEORGE (1850-1876)

Manson, Builders of our Law (1904) .