Joseph Cooksey Jackson KC (12 January 1879 – 26 April 1938) was a British barrister and

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politician. He was the

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for Heywood and Radcliffe from 1931 to 1935. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Lancaster and

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, where he graduated B.A. in 1900. He was admitted to the

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in 1908, and was

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in 1909. He defended the boxer

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on an assault charge in 1934, with

Edgar Lustgarten Edgar Marcus Lustgarten (3 May 1907 – 15 December 1978) was a British broadcaster and noted crime writer. Biography Born in the Broughton Park area of Salford, Lancashire, he was the son of Joseph and Sara (née Finklestein) Lustgarten. Hi ...

as his junior.

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* 1879 births 1938 deaths Members of the Middle Temple 20th-century King's Counsel Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge People educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub