Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet

For other people named Henry Jackson, see Henry Jackson (disambiguation).

Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet (22 August 1875 – 23 February 1937[2]) was a British mineralogist[3] and later Conservative Party politician.[4]

He was educated at Bury Grammar School and the universities of Cambridge, London, and Edinburgh, gaining a first class degree in natural sciences. He was a fellow and tutor at Downing College, Cambridge between 1901 and 1911.[5] Before entering politics he practiced as a physician,[6] and during the First World War he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, rising to the rank of Major.[7]

After serving as Mayor of Wandsworth, 1921–24,[5] he was elected at the 1924 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Wandsworth Central,[4] but was narrowly defeated at the 1929 general election by the Labour Party candidate, Archibald Church.[4] At the next election, in 1931, Church did not stand again, and Jackson retook the seat with a large majority.[4] He was re-elected in 1935,[4] and held the seat until his death in 1937,[4] aged 61.[2] He is buried at Putney Vale Cemetery. [8]

He was seen as an expert in traffic problems,[6] and served on a number of transport committees, including the London Passenger Transport Board.[5] He was knighted on 1 March 1924,[9] and made a baronet on 4 July 1935[10] for "services in connection with transport questions".[11] Having no children, the title became extinct on his death.[12]

References

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, And Companionage (1936).
  2. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  3. ^ L. J. Spencer, "Biographical notices of mineralogists recently deceased (Seventh series)", The Mineralogical Magazine, no. 165, vol. XXV, June 1939, p. 293
  4. ^ a b c d e f Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 56. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  5. ^ a b c "Jackson, Sir Henry". Who's Who. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Civil & Military Gazette". British Newspapers Archive. Lahore. 26 February 1937. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  7. ^ "No. 31079". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 December 1918. p. 15024.
  8. ^ Photo: Grave of Sir Henry Jackson MP, Putney Vale Cemetery.
  9. ^ "No. 32915". The London Gazette. 4 March 1924. p. 1922.
  10. ^ "No. 34179". The London Gazette. 12 July 1935. p. 4522.
  11. ^ "No. 34166". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1935. pp. 3591–3592.
  12. ^ "Baronets: J". Leigh Rayment's baronetage pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
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