Sir Henry Jackson, 2nd Baronet

Sir Henry Jackson whilst at Oxford by Thomas Henry Illidge.

Sir Henry Mather Jackson, 2nd Baronet, KC, 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 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]

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,^[5] and after his death it remained the home of his son Sir Henry Mather Jackson, 3rd Baronet. The house was demolished in 1930, leaving only the foundations and undercroft,^[6][7] although the landscaped park remains.^[8]

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.^[9] As Chairman of the Monmouthshire Appeals Tribunal,^[10] 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".^[10]

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.^[11] However, the result was declared void after an election petition,^[11][12] and when Jackson stood again at the 1868 general election, both seats were won by Conservatives.^[11] He was returned to the House of Commons at the 1874 general election,^[13] and was re-elected in 1880.^[14]

He was commissioned in June 1876 as a Deputy Lieutenant^[3] of Monmouthshire,^[15] a position also held from May 1885 by his son, Sir Henry Mather Jackson, 3rd Baronet.^[16] In 1879, Jackson was appointed to a Royal Commission to enquire into the condition of Cathedrals in England and Wales and their clergy.^[17] He left Parliament in 1881 when he was appointed as a judge of the Queen's Bench division^[11] of the High Court,^[18] but died short afterwards, aged 49.^[1]

References

1. "Baronets: J". Leigh Rayment's baronetage pages. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
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. Robert Henry Mair. Debrett's illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881. London: Dean & son. p. 123. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
4. The London Gazette: no. 23944. p. 467. 4 February 1873. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
5. "Sir Henry Mather-Jackson Collection of Llantilio-Crossenny Deeds". National Library of Wales. Archives Wales. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
6. "St Teilo's Church, Llantilio Crossenny". Abergavenny Tourist Guide. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
7. "Borough plan: Conservation areas" (PDF). Monmouthshire Council. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
8. "Sites for Cadw in South Wales East". Parks and Gardens UK. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
9. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29502. pp. 2558–2560. 10 March 1916. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
10. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30730. pp. 6685–6690. 4 June 1918. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
11. Craig, op. cit., page 100
12. The London Gazette: no. 23365. p. 1902. 27 March 1868. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
13. The London Gazette: no. 24064. p. 592. 10 February 1874. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
14. The London Gazette: no. 24829. p. 2359. 2 April 1880. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
15. The London Gazette: no. 24340. p. 3678. 27 June 1876. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
16. The London Gazette: no. 25472. p. 2373. 22 May 1885. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
17. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 24741. p. 4337. 8 July 1879. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
18. The London Gazette: no. 24950. p. 1199. 15 March 1881. Retrieved 28 July 2010.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Jackson