John Arthur Jackson

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]

Personal

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

  1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  2. 1 2 3 Who's Who 1919. London: A & C Black. 1919. I.
  3. 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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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William John Dalzell Burnyeat
Member of Parliament for Whitehaven
January 1910December 1910
Succeeded by
Thomas Richardson


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