Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet (22 August 1875 – 23 February 1937
) was a British mineralogist and later
Conservative Party
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politician.
He was elected at the
1924 general election as the
member of parliament
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(MP) for
Wandsworth Central,
but was narrowly defeated at the
1929 general election by the
Labour Party candidate,
Archibald Church
Major Archibald George Church (7 September 1886 – 23 August 1954) was a British school teacher, soldier and Labour Party then National Labour politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leyton East from 1923 to 1924, and for ...
.
At the next election, in
1931
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, Church did not stand again, and Jackson retook the seat with a large majority.
He was re-elected in
1935
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,
and held the seat until his death in 1937,
aged 61.
He was
knight
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ed on 1 March 1924, and made a baronet on 4 July 1935 for "services in connection with transport questions".
The title became extinct on his death.
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1875 births
1937 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1924–1929
UK MPs 1931–1935
UK MPs 1935–1945
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