John Heneage Jesse
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John Heneage Jesse English
historian
, son of Edward Jesse
, was educated at Eton
, and afterward became a clerk in the secretary's department of the admiralty.
His poem on Mary, Queen of Scots, was published about 1831, and was followed by a collection of poems entitled Tales of the Dead. He also wrote a drama, Richard III
, and a fragmentary poem entitled London. None of these ventures achieved any success, but his numerous historical works are written with vivacity and interest, and, in their own style, are an important contribution to the history of England.
They include:
The titles of these works are sufficiently indicative of their character. They are sketches of the principal personages and of the social details of various periods in the history of England rather than complete and comprehensive historical narratives.
In addition to these works Jesse wrote Literary and Historical Memorials of London (1847), London and its Celebrities (1850), and a new edition of this work as London: its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places (1871). His Memoirs of Celebrated Etonians appeared in 1875.
A collected edition containing most of his works in thirty volumes was published in London in 1901.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, son of Edward Jesse
Edward Jesse
Edward Jesse , English writer on natural history, was born at Hutton Cranswick, Yorkshire, where his father was vicar of the parish....
, was educated at Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
, and afterward became a clerk in the secretary's department of the admiralty.
His poem on Mary, Queen of Scots, was published about 1831, and was followed by a collection of poems entitled Tales of the Dead. He also wrote a drama, Richard III
Richard III of England
Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...
, and a fragmentary poem entitled London. None of these ventures achieved any success, but his numerous historical works are written with vivacity and interest, and, in their own style, are an important contribution to the history of England.
They include:
- Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts (1840)
- Memoirs of the Court of England from the Revolution of 1688 to the Death of George II (1843)
- George Selwyn and his Contemporaries (1843, new ed. 1882)
- Memoirs of the Pretenders and their Adherents (1845)
- Memoirs of Richard the Third and his Contemporaries (1861)
- Memoirs of the Life and Reign of King George the Third (1867)
The titles of these works are sufficiently indicative of their character. They are sketches of the principal personages and of the social details of various periods in the history of England rather than complete and comprehensive historical narratives.
In addition to these works Jesse wrote Literary and Historical Memorials of London (1847), London and its Celebrities (1850), and a new edition of this work as London: its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places (1871). His Memoirs of Celebrated Etonians appeared in 1875.
A collected edition containing most of his works in thirty volumes was published in London in 1901.