Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet (22 August 1875 – 23 February 1937^[2]) was a British mineralogist^[3] and later Conservative Party politician.^[4]

He was educated at Bury Grammar School and the universities of Cambridge, London, and Edinburgh, gaining a first class degree in natural sciences. He was a fellow and tutor at Downing College, Cambridge between 1901 and 1911.^[5] Before entering politics he practiced as a physician,^[6] and during the First World War he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, rising to the rank of Major.^[7]

After serving as Mayor of Wandsworth, 1921–24,^[5] he was elected at the 1924 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Wandsworth Central,^[4] but was narrowly defeated at the 1929 general election by the Labour Party candidate, Archibald Church.^[4] At the next election, in 1931, Church did not stand again, and Jackson retook the seat with a large majority.^[4] He was re-elected in 1935,^[4] and held the seat until his death in 1937,^[4] aged 61.^[2] He is buried at Putney Vale Cemetery.^[8]

He was seen as an expert in traffic problems,^[6] and served on a number of transport committees, including the London Passenger Transport Board.^[5] He was knighted on 1 March 1924,^[9] and made a baronet on 4 July 1935^[10] for "services in connection with transport questions".^[11] Having no children, the title became extinct on his death.^[12]