John Rawleigh Jackson (1780 - after 1831) was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the
House of Assembly of Jamaica
The House of Assembly was the legislature of the British colony of Jamaica. It held its first meeting on 20 January 1664 at Spanish Town. Cundall, Frank. (1915''Historic Jamaica''.London: Institute of Jamaica. p. 15. As a result of the Morant Ba ...
in 1820
[ Hakewill, James. (1825) ]
A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821.
' London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13. representing
Port Royal
Port Royal is a village located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and co ...
where he was also the chief magistrate in 1831.
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Members of the House of Assembly of Jamaica
1780 births
Planters from the British West Indies
British slave owners
19th-century British businesspeople
19th-century Jamaican politicians
Magistrates of Jamaica
Port Royal
Year of death unknown
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