Basil Jackson

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

Captain Basil Rawdon Jackson
Born	(1892-05-20)20 May 1892 St John's, Newfoundland (now Canada)
Died	29 March 1957(1957-03-29) (aged 64) London, England
Education	Downside School University of London
Spouse	Marjorie Violet Warner ​ ​ (m. 1918)​
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Years of service	1914–1922
Rank	Captain
Unit	Royal Garrison Artillery
Battles / wars	World War I
2nd Chairman of British Petroleum
In office 1956–1957
Preceded by	William Fraser
Succeeded by	Sir Neville Gass

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]