| F. S. Jackson making an on-drive, late 1890s | ||||
| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Francis Stanley Jackson[1] | |||
| Born | 21 November 1870 Chapel Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
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| Died | 9 March 1947 (aged 76) Hyde Park, London, England |
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| Nickname | Jacker | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm fast-medium | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 82) | 17 July 1893 v Australia | |||
| Last Test | 16 August 1905 v Australia | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1890 – 1907 | Yorkshire | |||
| 1890 – 1893 | Cambridge University | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
| Matches | 20 | 309 | ||
| Runs scored | 1,415 | 15,901 | ||
| Batting average | 48.79 | 33.83 | ||
| 100s/50s | 5/6 | 31/76 | ||
| Top score | 144* | 160 | ||
| Balls bowled | 1,587 | 37,516 | ||
| Wickets | 24 | 774 | ||
| Bowling average | 33.29 | 20.37 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | 42 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 6 | ||
| Best bowling | 5/52 | 8/54 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 10/– | 195/– | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 11 November 2008 | ||||
Sir Francis Stanley Jackson, GCSI, GCIE, PC, KStJ[1] (21 November 1870 – 9 March 1947),[2] known as the Honourable Stanley Jackson during his playing career, was an English cricketer, soldier and Conservative Party politician.
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Jackson was born in Leeds. His father was William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton. During Stanley's time at Harrow School his fag was fellow parliamentarian and future Prime Minister Winston Churchill.[1] He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1889.[3]
Jackson played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and England. He spotted the talent of Ranjitsinhji when the latter, owing to his unorthodox batting, was struggling to find a place for himself in the university side, and was responsible for Ranji's inclusion in the Cambridge First XI. He was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1894.
He captained England in 5 Test matches in 1905, winning 2 and drawing 3 to retain The Ashes.[4] Captaining England for the first time, he won all five tosses and topped the batting and bowling averages for both sides, with 492 runs at 70.28 and 13 wickets at 15.46. These were the last of his 20 Test matches, all played at home as he could not spare the time to tour.
He was President of the MCC in 1921.
Jackson succeeded Lord Hawke as President of Yorkshire CCC in 1938 after Hawke's death and held the post until his own death in 1947.[5]
Jackson served in the Royal Lancaster Regiment of Militia in the Second Boer War, and transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1914.
He was elected as a Member of Parliament at the By-election in February 1915,[6] representing Howdenshire (Yorkshire) until resigning his seat on 3 November 1926.[7] He served as Financial Secretary to the War Office 1922-23. In 1927 he was appointed Governor of Bengal and in that year was knighted with the GCIE and was made a member of the Privy Council. He was awarded the KStJ in 1932. In 1932, he was shot at close range by a girl student named Bina Das in the convocation hall of the University of Calcutta, but escaped unhurt. Also, that year, he was appointed a GCSI.
Sir Stanley Jackson was saved from the attempt on his life by Lieutenant-Colonel Hassan Suhrawardy (the first Muslim Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta). Suhrawardy was knighted by the King for his heroism. Suhrawardy was the father of Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah and the uncle of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.[8]
Jackson died in London of complications following a road accident.[9] Recalling his funeral, the Bishop of Knaresborough remarked "As I gazed down on the rapt faces of that vast congregation, I could see how they revered him as though he were the Almighty, though, of course, infinitely stronger on the leg side."
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Henry Harrison-Broadley |
Member of Parliament for Howdenshire 1915–1926 |
Succeeded by William Henton Carver |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by George Frederick Stanley |
Financial Secretary to the War Office 1922–1923 |
Succeeded by Rupert Gwynne |
| Preceded by George Younger |
Chairman of the Conservative Party 1923–1926 |
Succeeded by John Davidson |
| Preceded by The Earl of Lytton |
Governor of Bengal 1927–1932 |
Succeeded by Sir John Anderson |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Plum Warner |
English national cricket captain 1905 |
Succeeded by Plum Warner |