Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet

For other people named Henry Jackson, see Henry Jackson (disambiguation).

Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet (22 August 1875 – 23 February 1937^[2]) was a British mineralogist^[3] and later Conservative Party^[4] politician.

The coat of arms of Jackson of Wandsworth, Baronets.^[1]

He was elected at the 1924 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Wandsworth Central,^[4] but was narrowly defeated at the 1929 general election by the Labour Party candidate, Archibald Church.^[4] At the next election, in 1931, Church did not stand again, and Jackson retook the seat with a large majority.^[4] He was re-elected in 1935,^[4] and held the seat until his death in 1937,^[4] aged 61.^[2]

He was knighted on 1 March 1924,^[5] and made a baronet on 4 July 1935^[6] for "services in connection with transport questions".^[7] The title became extinct on his death.^[8]