Sir John Jackson (died 2 July 1637) was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1624 and 1629. Jackson was the son of Sir John Jackson of Edderthorpe, Yorkshire. He subscribed at

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on 23 October 1612 and was awarded BA from

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on 4 July 1615. He was a student of Inner Temple in 1615 and was of Hickleton, Yorkshire. He was knighted on 19 April 1619. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Jablonski-Juxston', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 793-836. Date accessed: 15 March 2012
/ref> In 1624, Jackson was elected

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for

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in the

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. He was re-elected MP for Pontefract in 1625, 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.Browne Willis ''Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences'' 1750 pp186-239
/ref> Jackson died in 1637.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, John Year of birth missing 1637 deaths English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1628–1629 Alumni of Magdalen Hall, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple