Arthur Jackson | |
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Senator | |
In office 11 December 1922 – 12 December 1928 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1853 County Armagh, Ireland |
Died | 6 February 1938 County Sligo, Ireland | (aged 84–85)
Political party | Independent |
Arthur Jackson (1853 – 6 February 1938) was an Irish politician. He was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1922 to 1928.[1] From County Armagh, moved to County Sligo following his marriage to the daughter of a local merchant family, the Pollexfens.[2] He was nominated to the Seanad by the President of the Executive Council in 1922 for 6 years.[3] He did not contest the 1928 Seanad election.[1]
Businessman and "the last of the great merchants who made Sligo famous as a trading port",[4] Arthur Jackson was born in Belfast. He moved to Sligo in the 1870s, was High Sheriff of the county in 1899 and died at his home, Lisroyan House, Sligo, on 6 February 1938.[5]