Jackson, George, 1785-1861

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Jackson, George, 1785-1861

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        1785-1861

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        JACKSON, SIR GEORGE, youngest son of Thomas Jackson (qv); b. Oct 1785; adm.; left Oct 1801 (Diaries and Letters of Sir George Jackson, 1872, i, 1 and 37); entered Diplomatic Service; attaché, Paris 1801; chargé d’affaires, Berlin 1806-7; Secretary of Legation, Madrid 1808-9; accomanied Sir Charles Stewart on mission to Germany 1813; chargé d’affaires, Berlin 1814-5; Secretary of Embassy, St. Petersburg 1816; sent on secret mission to Madrid 1822; Commissioner at Washington, for settlement of American claims under Treaty of Ghent, 1823-7; first Commissary Judge of Mixed Commission Court at Sierra Leone 1828; Chief Commissioner for Abolition of African Slave Trade at Rio de Janeiro 1832-41, Surinam 1841-5, S. Paolo de Loando 1845-59; knighted 12 Sep 1832; KCH 1832; his widow published selections from his Diaries and Letters, 1872, and a continuation under the title The Bath Archives, 1873; m. 1st, 30 Jun 1812 Cordelia, dau. of Christopher Savile MP, Westminster; m. 2nd, 1856 Catherine Hannah Charlotte, dau. of Thomas Elliott, Wakefield, Yorks.; d. at Boulogne, France 2 May 1861. DNB.

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        GB-2014-WSA-09940

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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