Arthur_Jackson_(Irish_politician)

Arthur Jackson (Irish politician)

Arthur Jackson (Irish politician)

Irish politician (1853–1938)

Arthur Jackson (1853 – 6 February 1938) was an Irish politician. He was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1922 to 1928.[1] From County Armagh, moved to County Sligo following his marriage to the daughter of a local merchant family, the Pollexfens.[2] He was nominated to the Seanad by the President of the Executive Council in 1922 for 6 years.[3] He did not contest the 1928 Seanad election.[1]

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Businessman and "the last of the great merchants who made Sligo famous as a trading port",[4] Arthur Jackson was born in Belfast. He moved to Sligo in the 1870s, was High Sheriff of the county in 1899 and died at his home, Lisroyan House, Sligo, on 6 February 1938.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Arthur Jackson". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Members of the First Seanad: Biographies – Jackson, Arthur". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    "President's nominees for Seanad". Houses of the Oireachtas. 6 December 1922. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
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    "Merchant princes of Sligo" (PDF). Sligo Library. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. [5]
    Sligo Champion, 12 February 1938, p.5
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