Marshall James Jackman (1860 – 2 August 1938) was a British trade unionist and politician, who served on the London County Council.

Life edit

Born in Exeter, Jackman became a pupil teacher, then trained as a teacher at the Borough Road College in London. He became an assistant master, then a master, and finally a school inspector, for the London County Council.[1]

Jackman was also active in the National Union of Teachers, in which he worked closely with Thomas Macnamara. He served on its executive from 1893, and was the union's president in 1900, and again in 1910. He was succeeded as President in 1911 by Isabel Cleghorn who was the unions first woman to hold the position.[2]

Jackman joined the Labour Party, and after he retired, he won a seat in Hackney South at the 1928 London County Council election, serving until 1934. He then moved to Cornwall, where he died four years later.[1][3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Mr M. Jackman". The Times. 4 August 1938.
  2. ^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/55564. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55564. Retrieved 2 November 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Betts, Robin (1999). Dr Macnamara: 1861-1931. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0853238731.
Trade union offices
Preceded by
Thomas Clancy
President of the National Union of Teachers
1900
Succeeded by
James Blacker
Preceded by
C. W. Hole
President of the National Union of Teachers
1910
Succeeded by