Sir Henry Mather Jackson, 2nd Baronet, KC, Doctor of Laws 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.
Background
Jackson was the eldest son of the Sir William Jackson, 1st Baronet (1805–1876) of Birkenhead, a businessman who made his first fortune from palm oil imports, a second fortune in property development, before becoming an industrialist and railway entrepreneur and later a Liberal Member of Parliament. His mother was Elizabeth née Hughes, from Liverpool.
Education
He was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1853 with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics.
Career
He was called to the bar in 1855 at Lincoln"s Inn, and took silk in 1873. His address was listed in 1881 as Llantilio Court, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. The house was located at Llantilio Crossenny, about six miles east of Abergavenny.
The house was demolished in 1930, leaving only the foundations and undercroft, although the landscaped park remains.
As Chairman of the Monmouthshire Appeals Tribunal, the third baronet was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in June 1918, for "services in connection with the war". Jackson first stood for Parliament at the 1865 general election, when he was unsuccessful in his native borough of Birkenhead.
He was returned to the House of Commons at the 1874 general election, and was re-elected in 1880. In 1879, Jackson was appointed to a Royal Commission to enquire into the condition of Cathedrals in England and Wales and their clergy.
He left Parliament in 1881 when he was appointed as a judge of the Queen"s Bench division of the High Court, but died short afterwards, aged 49.
Membership
19th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament.