Sir_Henry_Jackson,_1st_Baronet

Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet

British mineralogist and politician

For other people named Henry Jackson, see Henry Jackson (disambiguation).

Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet (22 August 1875 – 23 February 1937[1]) was a British mineralogist[2] and later Conservative Party[3] politician.

He was elected at the 1924 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Wandsworth Central,[3] but was narrowly defeated at the 1929 general election by the Labour Party candidate, Archibald Church.[3] At the next election, in 1931, Church did not stand again, and Jackson retook the seat with a large majority.[3] He was re-elected in 1935,[3] and held the seat until his death in 1937,[3] aged 61.[1]

He was knighted on 1 March 1924,[4] and made a baronet on 4 July 1935[5] for "services in connection with transport questions".[6] The title became extinct on his death.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  2. [2]
    L. J. Spencer, "Biographical notices of mineralogists recently deceased (Seventh series)", The Mineralogical Magazine, no. 165, vol. XXV, June 1939, p. 293
  3. [3]
    Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 56. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  4. [4]
    "No. 32915". The London Gazette. 4 March 1924. p. 1922.
  5. [5]
    "No. 34179". The London Gazette. 12 July 1935. p. 4522.
  6. [6]
    "No. 34166". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1935. pp. 3591–3592.
  7. [7]
    "Baronets: J". Leigh Rayment's baronetage pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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