Harold Warters Jackson

Sir Harold Warters Jackson (5 April 1883 – 4 December 1972)[1][2] was an English solicitor who served as Lord Mayor of Sheffield in 1930.[3] He was Knighted in 1952 for political and public services in Sheffield.[4]

Career

Jackson graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1903.[5] He served a clerkship with a Sheffield law firm and in 1904 was admitted with honours to the Roll of Solicitors of the Supreme Court.[6] He was elected to the Sheffield City Council for the first time in 1911, became an alderman in 1929 and Lord Mayor the following year, and retired in 1966.[7]

References

  1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
  3. ↑ "List of Past Lord Mayors of Sheffield". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "No. 39555". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1952. p. 3008.
  5. ↑ University of London (1912). The historical record (1836-1912) being a supplement to the Calendar completed to September 1912. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 249.
  6. ↑ Law Newspaper Co. (1904). Solicitors' journal and reporter. 48: 660 https://books.google.com/books?id=fkQ4AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA660#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 16 August 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ The Solicitors' journal. 110: 876. 1966. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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