Talk:Edward Jesse
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The Queen is displeased[edit]
From an 1890 review in the Spectator of an account by his daughter Mrs Houstoun or Houston [1]:
- Mr. Jesse held the office of Deputy-Surveyor of Royal Palaces. Here he was un- fortunate enough to incur the Royal displeasure. Some alterations had been ordered at Windsor Castle by Prince Albert. Mr. Jesse thought that they endangered the safety of the Castle, and made a report accordingly to the Board of Woods and Forests, who had given orders that nothing should be done except with his (Mr. Jesse's) authorisation. The report was most indiscreetly shown by the First Commissioner to the Queen, and the result was that Mr. Jesse was forbidden to enter the Palace again.
Carbon Caryatid (talk) 20:31, 1 November 2015 (UTC)