Captain

Basil Rawdon Jackson
Born(1892-05-20)20 May 1892
St John's, Newfoundland (now Canada)
Died29 March 1957(1957-03-29) (aged 64)
London, England
EducationDownside School
University of London
Spouse
Marjorie Violet Warner
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(m. 1918)​
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1914–1922
RankCaptain
UnitRoyal Garrison Artillery
Battles/warsWorld War I
2nd Chairman of British Petroleum
In office
1956–1957
Preceded byWilliam Fraser
Succeeded bySir Neville Gass

Captain Basil Rawdon Jackson (20 May 1892 – 29 March 1957) was a British businessman. Jackson was the second chairman of the board of British Petroleum, from 1956 to 1957.[1]

Jackson was born in St John's, Newfoundland Colony,[2][3] the son of Sir Henry Moore Jackson, a British colonial governor, and Emily Corbett Shea, daughter of Sir Edward Dalton Shea. He was working in the oil industry and living in New York City during the 1930 and 1940 Censuses.[4] He was deputy chairman of BP, and in 1956 succeeded William Fraser, 1st Baron Strathalmond as chairman. He stepped down due to poor health in January 1957 and died in March the same year.[5][6]

In 1957, he was succeeded by Neville Gass as chairman of BP.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: Mr. B. R. Jackson". The Times. 30 March 1957. p. 8.
  2. ^ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
  3. ^ 1911 England Census
  4. ^ 1930, 1940 United States Federal Census
  5. ^ "The Suez crisis and Managerial response: British Petroleum, 1956-57" (PDF). Media-ucn.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  6. ^ "BP Archive - Object : 195912". Scottishshale.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  7. ^ "Neville Gass". Gracesguide.co.uk. 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
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