Harold Warters Jackson

Lord Mayor of Sheffield in 1930 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sir Harold Warters Jackson (5 April 1883 – 4 December 1972)[1][2] was an English solicitor who served as Lord Mayor of Sheffield in 1930.[3] He was knighted in 1952 for political and public services in Sheffield.[4]

Career

Jackson graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1903.[5] He served a clerkship with a Sheffield law firm and in 1904 was admitted with honours to the Roll of Solicitors of the Supreme Court.[6] He was elected to the Sheffield City Council for the first time in 1911, became an alderman in 1929 and Lord Mayor the following year, and retired in 1966.[7] He was awarded the Freedom of the City of Sheffield in 1945.[8]

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