- Great-niece of Alfred Lord Tennyson.
- Playwright and author of over 20 murder mysteries. She once wrote that "my chief passion is murder". Jesse also authored several studies on the subject. One of her theories was that while some may be "born murderers", others might be called "born murderees"--people who seemed destined to be murdered.
- In 1941, along with her husband, published "London Front: Letters Written to America", a collection of letters to friends in America chronicling the English war spirit during the early days of the conflict.
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