Thomas Jessep

Thomas Jessep (c. 1848 – 7 November 1916) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Gooderstone in Norfolk to farmer Thomas Jessep and Jane Cooper.

In 1866 he went to Ballarat to dig for gold, but was unsuccessful and moved to Sydney in 1869, becoming a fruitseller.

On 10 April 1873 he married Louisa Drury at Surry Hills; they would have eight children.

In 1896 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Waverley.