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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gollark: If they have physical manifestations, they aren't what I mean and they aren't what you seem to mean.

gollark: Which ones, specifically? I mean, we have lots of fields doing some of that. Economics, politics, sociology, psychology, sort of thing.

gollark: The issue with saying "realm of spirit" instead of just "information [which doesn't physically exist]" is that you then have all the various vaguely religion-y connotations which you can then use to "prove" other things.

gollark: There aren't any (known) "people" who aren't also "humans", and humans physically exist, according to research.

References

"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.
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.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Arthur Jackson

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Burnyeat	Member of Parliament for Whitehaven January 1910 – December 1910	Succeeded by Thomas Richardson

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[rayment-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.

[WhosWho1919-2] Who's Who 1919. London: A & C Black. 1919. I.

[craig1885-1918-3] 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.