The Lord Allerton | |
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 Jackson byLeslie Ward, 1899. | |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | |
| In office 9 November 1891 – 11 August 1892 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Arthur Balfour |
| Succeeded by | John Morley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 February 1840 (1840-02-16) |
| Died | 4 April 1917(1917-04-04) (aged 77) |
| Nationality | British |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Grace Tempest (d. 1901) |
William Lawies Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton,PC, FRS (16 February 1840 – 4 April 1917) was a British businessman andConservative politician.
Born inOtley, nearLeeds,England, Jackson was the son of William Jackson, a leather merchant and tanner. He was educated at theMoravian School.[1]
Jackson took over his father's business. HisTimes obituary reads, "Early in his commercial career he devoted his energies to tanning, and was prominent in the leather industry." He was also Chairman of theGreat Northern Railway.
Jackson was elected to Leeds Borough Council in 1859. He entered national politics when he unsuccessfully contestedLeeds in an 1876 by-election. He was successful in being elected for the same constituency in 1880. He switched to theNorthern Division of Leeds in 1885, and he would represent that constituency until he was raised to thepeerage in 1902. In December 1885, a complimentary dinner was given in Leeds to Jackson by the Leeds and County Conservative Club with C.F. Tetley andJ.W. Middleton being amongst the gentleman reportedly present.[2] Jackson served two separate periods asFinancial Secretary to the Treasury (1885–1886 and 1886–1891), being created aPrivy Counsellor on 30 June 1890. He was then appointedChief Secretary for Ireland in 1891, serving in that position for one year, although he did not sit in the Cabinet.[3] He was Lord Mayor of Leeds in 1895. In the1902 Coronation Honours list it was announced that he would receive a barony,[4] and he was raised to the peerage asBaron Allerton, of Chapel Allerton, in the County of York, on 17 July 1902.[5] He took the oath and his seat in theHouse of Lords a week later, on 21 July.[6] Lord Allerton chaired several institutions before his death on 4 April 1917.
Jackson married Grace, daughter of George Tempest, of Otley, on 10 October 1860. His elder son George succeeded him as Baron Allerton. His younger sonFrancis Stanley was an international cricketer and had a military and political career. Jackson and his wife Grace were both buried at St Matthew's Church,Chapel Allerton.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forLeeds 1880 –1885 With:John Barran, 1876–1885 William Ewart Gladstone, April–May 1880 Herbert Gladstone, 1880–1885 | Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament forLeeds North 1885 –1902 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1886 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1886 – 1891 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chief Secretary for Ireland 1891 – 1892 | Succeeded by |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Allerton 1902 – 1917 | Succeeded by George Jackson |
