{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = John Jessop | honorific_suffix = | image = John Shillito Jessop - Queensland politician.png | caption = | constituency_AM1 = Dalby | assembly1 = Queensland Legislative | term_start1 = 31 January 1882 | term_end1 = 29 April 1893 | predecessor1 = George Simpson | successor1 = Joshua Thomas Bell | birth_date = {{Birth date|1840|8|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Whitby, Yorkshire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1895|7|4|1840|8|14|df=y}} | death_place = Dalby, Queensland, Australia | resting_place = Dalby Monumental Cemetery | birth_name = John Shillito Jessop | party = | other_party = | spouse = Jane Brown (m.1863) | occupation = Grazier, Butcher | relations = }}
'''John Shillito Jessop''' (14 August 1840 – 4 July 1895)<ref name=Obit> {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3605310 |title=Death of Mr. J. S. Jessop |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Qld. |date=5 July 1895}}</ref> was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.<ref name=Mennell>{{cite Australasia|Jessop, John Shillito}}</ref>
Jessop was born at Whitley, North Yorkshire, England, and educated at private schools at Whitley and Pollington, and at the Snaith Grammar School. In 1859 he arrived in Melbourne, and in 1864 went to Queensland,<ref name=Mennell/> and came to Dalby in 1867 commenced butchering business.<ref name=Obit/>
In January 1882,<ref name=parl/> he was elected to represent Dalby in the Legislative Assembly—a seat he held until 1893 when he was defeated by Joshua Thomas Bell.<ref name=Obit/> Jessop was Chairman of Committees in the Assembly<ref name=Mennell/> from 15 August 1888 to 30 June 1891.<ref name=parl>{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=27 April 2020}}</ref>
Jessop was president of the Northern Downs Jockey Club, president of the Dalby and Northern Downs Agricultural Association, of the Dalby Hospital, and the Dalby School of Arts, and was also prominently connected with other Institutions, including the Masonic and Oddfellows' lodges.<ref name=Obit/>
He died in Dalby, Queensland on 4 July 1895<ref name=Obit/> and was buried in Dalby Monumental Cemetery.<ref name=rrc>[http://www.wdrc.qld.gov.au/cemeteries_online?p_p_id=burialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_pos=1&p_p_col_count=4&_burialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries_action=search&_burialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries_redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wdrc.qld.gov.au%2Fcemeteries_online%3Fp_p_id%3DburialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-2%26p_p_col_pos%3D1%26p_p_col_count%3D4&searchString=jessop&cemetery=Please+select&_save=Search Cemeteries Online] — Western Downs Regional Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 4 February 2015.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-qld}} {{s-bef|before=George Simpson}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Dalby|years=1882–1893}} {{s-aft|after=Joshua Thomas Bell}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jessop, John Shillito}} Category:1840 births Category:1895 deaths Category:Colony of Queensland people Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:People from Selby District Category:English emigrants to colonial Australia Category:19th-century Australian politicians