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]

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References

  1. "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.
  2. 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.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Burnyeat
Member of Parliament for Whitehaven
January 1910December 1910
Succeeded by
Thomas Richardson


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