Sir Henry Jackson whilst at Oxford by Thomas Henry Illidge.

Sir Henry Mather Jackson, 2nd Baronet, DL (23 July 1831 – 8 March 1881)[1] was a British Liberal Party[2] politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry from 1867 to 1868, and from 1874 to 1881, when he became a High Court judge.

Early life

Jackson was the eldest son of the Sir William Jackson, 1st Baronet (1805–1876) of Birkenhead,[3] a businessman who made his first fortune from palm oil imports, a second fortune in property development, before becoming an industrialist and railway entrepreneur and later a Liberal MP. His mother was Elizabeth née Hughes, from Liverpool.[3]

He was educated at Harrow and matriculated in 1850 at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1853 with a B.A. in Classics.[3] He was called to the bar in 1855 at Lincoln's Inn,[3] and took silk in 1873.[4][5]

His address was listed in 1881 as Llantilio Court, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.[3] The house was located at Llantilio Crossenny, about six miles east of Abergavenny. Jackson had bought it in 1873 from Henry Morgan-Clifford, the former MP for Hereford,[6] and after his death it remained the home of his son Sir Henry Mather Jackson, 3rd Baronet. The house was demolished in 1922,[7] leaving only the foundations and undercroft,[8][9] although the landscaped park remains.[10]

Llantilio Court and the baronetcy were inherited by his son, the 3rd Baronet, who was appointed in 1916 to a tribunal to consider appeals in Monmouthshire against conscription under the Military Service Act 1916.[11] As Chairman of the Monmouthshire Appeals Tribunal,[12] the third baronet was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in June 1918, for "services in connection with the war".[12]

Political career

Jackson first stood for Parliament at the 1865 general election, when he was unsuccessful in his native borough of Birkenhead.[2] After the death in 1867 of Morgan Treherne, one of the two MPs for Coventry, Jackson won the resulting by-election on 23 July 1867.[13] The result was declared void after an election petition,[13][14] but fellow Liberal Samuel Carter was elected in his place.[15] When he and Jackson stood again at the 1868 general election, both seats were won by Conservatives.[13] Jackson was returned to the House of Commons at the 1874 general election,[16] and was re-elected in 1880.[17]

He was commissioned in June 1876 as a Deputy Lieutenant[3] of Monmouthshire,[18] a position also held from May 1885 by his son, Sir Henry Mather Jackson, 3rd Baronet.[19] In 1879, Jackson was appointed to a Royal Commission to enquire into the condition of Cathedrals in England and Wales and their clergy.[20] He left Parliament in 1881 when he was appointed as a judge of the Queen's Bench division[13] of the High Court,[21] but died shortly afterwards, aged 49.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Baronets: J". Leigh Rayment's baronetage pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 46. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Robert Henry Mair. Debrett's illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881. London: Dean & son. p. 123. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "No. 23944". The London Gazette. 4 February 1873. p. 467.
  5. ↑ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Jackson, (Sir) Henry Mather (Bart.)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  6. ↑ "Sir Henry Mather-Jackson Collection of Llantilio-Crossenny Deeds". National Library of Wales. Archives Wales. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "English – Coflein". coflein.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "St Teilo's Church, Llantilio Crossenny". Abergavenny Tourist Guide. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  9. ↑ "Borough plan: Conservation areas" (PDF). Monmouthshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  10. ↑ "Sites for Cadw in South Wales East". Parks and Gardens UK. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  11. ↑ "No. 29502". The London Gazette. 10 March 1916. pp. 2558–2560.
  12. 1 2 "No. 30730". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1918. pp. 6685–6690.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Craig, op. cit., p. 100
  14. ↑ "No. 23365". The London Gazette. 27 March 1868. p. 1902.
  15. ↑ "Samuel Carter". Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "No. 24064". The London Gazette. 10 February 1874. p. 592.
  17. ↑ "No. 24829". The London Gazette. 2 April 1880. p. 2359.
  18. ↑ "No. 24340". The London Gazette. 27 June 1876. p. 3678.
  19. ↑ "No. 25472". The London Gazette. 22 May 1885. p. 2373.
  20. ↑ "No. 24741". The London Gazette. 8 July 1879. p. 4337.
  21. ↑ "No. 24950". The London Gazette. 15 March 1881. p. 1199.
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