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Authorised form of nameJackson; William Lawies (1840 - 1917); 1st Baron Allerton
Dates1840 - 1917
NationalityBritish
Place of birthOtley, Yorkshire, England
Date of birth16 February 1840
Place of deathLondon
Date of death04/04/1917
ActivityCareer:
Took over his father's business; entered Leeds Borough Council (1869); MP for Leeds (1880-1885); MP for North Division of Leeds (1885-1902); Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1885-1886 and 1886-1891); Privy Councillor (1890); Chief Secretary for Ireland (1891-1892); Lord Mayor (1895); Chairman, Great Northern Railway (18995-1908)
Honours:
Baron 1902
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election05/02/1891
RelationshipsSon of William Jackson, leather merchant and tanner of Leeds; married (10 October 1860) Grace, daughter of George Tempest of Otley
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 31 August 1899
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/104463849
CodeNA1430
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1891/01Jackson, William Lawies, 1st Baron Allerton: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/5/53Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons28 February 1891
MC/15/144Letter from [William Lawies] Jackson, 27 Cadogan Sqaure, to the Royal Society7 February 1891
MC/15Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1889-1892
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