Basil Rawdon Jackson (20 May 1892 – 29 March 1957) was a British businessman, chairman of BP from February 1956 to June 1957. Jackson was born in St John's,

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, the son of Sir

Henry Moore Jackson Sir Henry Moore Jackson, (bapt. 13 August 1849 – 29 August 1908) was a British Army, British army officer and colonial governor. Biography Jackson was born in Barbados to Walrond Jackson, who became the Anglican Bishop of Antigua, and Mary S ...

, a British colonial governor, and Emily Corbett Shea, daughter of Sir

Edward Dalton Shea Hon. Sir Edward Dalton Shea (June 29, 1820 – January 8, 1913) was a journalist and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Ferryland in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1855 to 1865 as a Liberal and then Conserv ...

. He was working in the oil industry and living in New York City during the 1930 and 1940 Censuses. He was deputy chairman of BP, and in 1956 succeeded

William Fraser, 1st Baron Strathalmond William Fraser, 1st Baron Strathalmond, CBE (3 November 1888 – 1 April 1970), was a Scottish businessman and a leading expert on the oil industry. He served as chairman of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (known as British Petroleum from 1954) fro ...

as chairman. He stepped down due to poor health in January 1957 and died in March the same year. In 1957, he was succeeded by

Neville Gass Captain Sir Neville Archibald Gass (14 June 1893 – 23 September 1965) was a British businessman. He was the third chairman of the board of British Petroleum from 1957 to 1960. Gass was born in Madras, British India, to Horace Archibald ...

as chairman of BP.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Basil Rawdon 1892 births 1957 deaths Businesspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador British businesspeople in the oil industry British chairpersons of corporations Chairmen of BP British expatriates in the United States 20th-century British businesspeople British people in the Colony of Newfoundland