Jackson Baronets
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There have been eight Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Jackson, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and six in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Four of the creations are extant as of 2011.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of Hickleton in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 31 December 1660 for John Jackson. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in c. 1730.
The Jackson, later Duckett Baronetcy, of Hartham House in the County of Wiltshire, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 21 June 1791. For more information on this creation, see Duckett Baronets
.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of Fort Hill in the County of Armagh, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 April 1813 for George Jackson. The title became extinct on his death in 1851.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of Arlsey in the County of Bedford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 May 1851 for John Jackson. He was a Director of the Honourable East India Company and also represented Dover
in the House of Commons
. The seventh Baronet never successfully proved his succession to the baronetcy and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. The eighth Baronet has also not successfully proven his succession and is not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant. For more information, follow this link.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of The Manor House in Birkenhead, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 November 1869 for William Jackson
, Liberal
Member of Parliament
for Newcastle under Lyne
and Derbyshire North. The second Baronet briefly represented Coventry
in Parliament. The third Baronet served as Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. In 1886 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Mather. This surname was also used by the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh Baronets.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of Stansted House in Stansted in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 August 1902 for Sir Thomas Jackson
. He was Chairman of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. The second Baronet was a Brigadier-General in the Army and fought in the Second Boer War
and the First World War.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of Eagle House in Wimbledon in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 10 February 1913 for the architect Thomas Graham Jackson
. The third Baronet is a well-known composer and organist.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of Wandsworth in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 July 1935 for Henry Jackson
, Conservative
Member of Parliament for Wandsworth Central
. The title became extinct on his death in 1937.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of Hickleton in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 31 December 1660 for John Jackson. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in c. 1730.
The Jackson, later Duckett Baronetcy, of Hartham House in the County of Wiltshire, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 21 June 1791. For more information on this creation, see Duckett Baronets
Duckett Baronets
The Jackson, later Duckett Baronetcy, of Hartham House in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 21 June 1791 for the naval administrator and politician George Jackson. He married as his second wife Grace Duckett, daughter of George Duckett...
.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of Fort Hill in the County of Armagh, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 April 1813 for George Jackson. The title became extinct on his death in 1851.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of Arlsey in the County of Bedford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 May 1851 for John Jackson. He was a Director of the Honourable East India Company and also represented Dover
Dover (UK Parliament constituency)
Dover is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
. The seventh Baronet never successfully proved his succession to the baronetcy and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. The eighth Baronet has also not successfully proven his succession and is not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant. For more information, follow this link.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of The Manor House in Birkenhead, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 November 1869 for William Jackson
Sir William Jackson, 1st Baronet
Sir William Jackson, 1st Baronet was an English industrialist, railway entrepreneur and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1847 and 1868.-Early life:...
, Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Newcastle under Lyne
Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- History :...
and Derbyshire North. The second Baronet briefly represented Coventry
Coventry (UK Parliament constituency)
Coventry was a borough constituency which was represented in the House of Commons of England and its successors, the House of Commons of Great Britain and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom....
in Parliament. The third Baronet served as Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. In 1886 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Mather. This surname was also used by the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh Baronets.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of Stansted House in Stansted in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 August 1902 for Sir Thomas Jackson
Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet, was the chief manager of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. He was responsible for financing the development of Colonial Hong Kong under the first large scale bank.-Early years:...
. He was Chairman of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. The second Baronet was a Brigadier-General in the Army and fought in the Second Boer War
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...
and the First World War.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of Eagle House in Wimbledon in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 10 February 1913 for the architect Thomas Graham Jackson
Thomas Graham Jackson
Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, 1st Baronet RA was one of the most distinguished English architects of his generation...
. The third Baronet is a well-known composer and organist.
The Jackson Baronetcy, of Wandsworth in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 July 1935 for Henry Jackson
Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet , was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected at the 1924 general election as the Member of Parliament for Wandsworth Central, but was narrowly defeated at the 1929 general election by the Labour Party candidate, Archibald Church...
, Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament for Wandsworth Central
Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Wandsworth Central was a parliamentary constituency in the Wandsworth district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
. The title became extinct on his death in 1937.
Jackson Baronets, of Hickleton (1660)
- Sir John Jackson, 1st Baronet (c. 1631 c 1670
- Sir John Jackson, 2nd Baronet (1653-1680)
- Sir Bradwardine Jackson, 3rd Baronet (c. 1670-c. 1730)
Jackson Baronets, of Arlsey (1815)
- Sir John Jackson, 1st Baronet (1763-1820)
- Sir Keith Alexander Jackson, 2nd Baronet (1798-1843)
- Sir Mountstuart Goodricke Jackson, 3rd Baronet (1836-1857)
- Sir Keith George Jackson, 4th Baronet (1842-1916)
- Sir Robert Montresor Jackson, 5th Baronet (1876-1940)
- Sir John Montresor Jackson, 6th Baronet (1914-1980)
- Sir Robert Jackson, 7th Baronet (1910-2000)
- Sir Keith Arnold Jackson, 8th Baronet (b. 1921)
Jackson Baronets, of The Manor House (1869)
- Sir William Jackson, 1st BaronetSir William Jackson, 1st BaronetSir William Jackson, 1st Baronet was an English industrialist, railway entrepreneur and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1847 and 1868.-Early life:...
(1805-1876) - Sir Henry Mather Jackson, 2nd BaronetSir Henry Jackson, 2nd BaronetSir Henry Mather Jackson, 2nd Baronet, KC, DL was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1867 to 1868, and from 1874 to 1881, when he became a High Court judge.-Early life:...
(1831-1881) - Sir Henry Mather Mather-Jackson, 3rd Baronet (1855-1942)
- Sir Edward Arthur Mather-Jackson, 4th Baronet (1899-1956), succeeded by a cousin
- Sir George Christopher Mather Mather-Jackson, 5th Baronet (1896-1976), succeeded by his only surviving brother
- Sir Anthony Henry Mather Mather-Jackson, 6th Baronet (1899-1983). He married Evelyn Stephenson, daughter of Sir Henry Kenyon Stephenson, 1st BaronetSir Henry Kenyon Stephenson, 1st BaronetSir Henry Kenyon Stephenson, 1st Baronet was a British politician and businessperson. His father was Henry Stephenson....
, and died leaving three daughters, and the title thus passed to his second cousin, the descendant of the second son of the first baronet. His two elder daughters were:- Angela Mary Mather-Jackson (b. 1925) who married 1947 Francis (Frank) Ambrose More O'Ferrall (1904-1976); their three daughters include
- Susan Angela More O'Ferrall (b. 1948) married 1977 Hon. Maxwell William Humphrey Aitken, now 3rd Baron BeaverbrookMaxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron BeaverbrookMaxwell William Humphrey Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook, is a British peer, baronet and politician.Aitken is the grandson of the 1st Baron Beaverbrook and the only son of Sir Max Aitken, by his third marriage to Violet de Trafford....
who apparently prefers to be called Sir Maxwell Aitken. They have two sons and two daughters. - Theresa Mary Magdalene More O'Ferrall (b. 1950) married 14 February 1975 Hon. Wentworth Peter Ismay Beaumont (b. 1948), now 4th Viscount Allendale as of 2002. They have one son and three daughters.
- Susan Angela More O'Ferrall (b. 1948) married 1977 Hon. Maxwell William Humphrey Aitken, now 3rd Baron Beaverbrook
- Elizabeth Georgiana Mather-Jackson, now Dowager Viscountess Cowdray (b. 1926); she married Viscount CowdrayViscount CowdrayViscount Cowdray, of Cowdray in the County of West Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the industrialist Weetman Pearson, 1st Baron Cowdray, head of the Pearson conglomerate...
on 4 March 1953 as his 2nd wife, and had one son and two daughters. The elder daughter- Hon. Lucy Pearson, now Lucy Fraser (b. 11 April 1954) married 1stly 1974 (div) Luis Basualdo, polo player, and had issue, one son and one daughter. She married 2ndly 1988 (sep 2008) Charles Torquil de Montalt FraserCharles Torquil de Montalt FraserCharles Torquil de Montalt Fraser was High Sheriff of West Sussex in 2006-07.Fraser, the son of Major Michael Quintin Fraser, was educated at Temple Grove School, Rugby School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. On graduation from Sandhurst in 1980 he was commissioned into the Life Guards as...
(b. 1960), polo player, and had further issue, four daughters.
- Hon. Lucy Pearson, now Lucy Fraser (b. 11 April 1954) married 1stly 1974 (div) Luis Basualdo, polo player, and had issue, one son and one daughter. She married 2ndly 1988 (sep 2008) Charles Torquil de Montalt Fraser
- Angela Mary Mather-Jackson (b. 1925) who married 1947 Francis (Frank) Ambrose More O'Ferrall (1904-1976); their three daughters include
- Sir William Mather-Jackson, 7th Baronet (1902-1985)
- Sir (William) Thomas Jackson, 8th Baronet (1927-2004)
- Sir (William) Roland Cedric Jackson, 9th Baronet (b. 1954)
Jackson Baronets, of Stansted House (1902)
- Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915)
- Sir Thomas Dare Jackson, 2nd Baronet (1876-1954)
- Sir George Julius Jackson, 3rd Baronet (1883-1956)
- Sir (Walter David) Russell Jackson, 4th Baronet (1890-1956)
- Sir Michael Roland Jackson, 5th Baronet (b. 1919)
Jackson Baronets, of Eagle House (1913)
- Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, 1st Baronet (1835-1924)
- Sir Hugh Nicholas Jackson, 2nd Baronet (1881-1979)
- Sir Nicholas Fane St George Jackson, 3rd Baronet (b. 1934)