John Arthur Jackson (30 November 1862 – 25 November 1937)[1] was a businessman and a British Conservative Party politician from Cumberland.
Jackson was educated at St Peter's, York.[2]
His business career included a senior partnership with Timber Merchants J. & W. Jackson, chairmanship of the Whitehaven Colliery Company and a directorship with the Furness Railway Company.[2]
He was elected at the general election in January 1910 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Whitehaven, but lost his seat at the December 1910 election.[3]
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He was the second recorded son of John Jackson of Hensingham House in Cumberland. In 1892 he married the fourth daughter of James Marshall Hill of Greenock: the couple had a daughter.[2]
References edit
- ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c Who's Who 1919. London: A & C Black. 1919. I.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 208. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
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