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

He was elected at the 1924 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Wandsworth Central,[3] but was narrowly defeated at the 1929 general election by the Labour Party candidate, Archibald Church.[3] At the next election, in 1931, Church did not stand again, and Jackson retook the seat with a large majority.[3] He was re-elected in 1935,[3] and held the seat until his death in 1937,[3] aged 61.[1]

He was knighted on 1 March 1924,[4] and made a baronet on 4 July 1935[5] for "services in connection with transport questions".[6] The title became extinct on his death.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  2. ↑ L. J. Spencer, "Biographical notices of mineralogists recently deceased (Seventh series)", The Mineralogical Magazine, no. 165, vol. XXV, June 1939, p. 293
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
  4. ↑ "No. 32915". The London Gazette. 4 March 1924. p. 1922.
  5. ↑ "No. 34179". The London Gazette. 12 July 1935. p. 4522.
  6. ↑ "No. 34166". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1935. pp. 3591–3592.
  7. ↑ "Baronets: J". Leigh Rayment's baronetage pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)


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