William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton

William Jackson, in a cartoon by Spy in Vanity Fair magazine dated August 31, 1899

William Lawies Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton, PC (* 16th February 1840 in Otley , Yorkshire , † 4 April 1917 in London ) was a British politician of the Conservative Party , the 1880-1902 Member of Parliament ( House of Commons ) , was from 1885 to 1886 and again between 1886 and 1891 Financial Secretary to the Treasury and from 1891 to 1892 Chief Secretary for Ireland ( Chief Secretary for Ireland ) . From 1902 he was a Baron Allerton until his death in the upper house ( House of Lords ) as a member.

Life

Jackson completed his education at the Moravian School and then worked as an entrepreneur in the leather industry. In 1876, Fellowes applied unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party in the Leeds constituency for a seat in the House of Commons, but was elected MP in the election of March 31, 1880 in that constituency. On November 24, 1885, he was the conservative Tories in the constituency Leeds North as a member of the lower house ( House of Commons ) elected and was this now until 17 July 1902.

In the Conservative governments of Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury , he was from 1885 to 1886 and again between 1886 and 1891 Financial Secretary to the Treasury. On June 30, 1890 he became a member of the Secret Privy Council ( Privy Council ). He was last on November 9, 1891 successor to Arthur Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland ( Chief Secretary for Ireland ) and held that post until August 11, 1892 from. At the same time he became a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1891.

After leaving the House of Commons, Jackson was raised to the hereditary nobility of the Peerage of the United Kingdom on July 17, 1902 as Baron Allerton , of Chapel-Allerton in the West Riding of the County of York, and thus belonged to the Peerage of the United Kingdom until his death upper house ( house of Lords ) as a member. He was also chairman of the board of the Great Northern Railway . After his death he was buried in Chapel Allerton in Yorkshire .

His marriage on October 10, 1860 resulted in two sons. His elder son George Herbert Jackson inherited the title of 2nd Baron Allerton after his death. His younger son Francis Stanley Jackson was in 1905 captain of the English national cricket team , between 1915 and 1926 member of the House of Commons, from 1923 to 1926 Chairman (Chairman) of the Conservative Party and between 1927 and 1932 Governor of Bengal .

Individual evidence

1. ^ The London Gazette : 27455, 4587 , July 18, 1902

Web links

• William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton at the Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• William Lawies Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton, on thepeerage.com , accessed August 14, 2017.

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron Allerton 1902-1917	George Herbert Jackson