Henry Jackson (rugby union) explained

Henry Jackson
Full Name:Henry William Jackson
Birth Date:3 November 1853
Birth Place:Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland
Death Place:Dublin, Ireland
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1877
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Henry William Jackson (3 November 1853 — 28 December 1930) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Clones, County Monaghan, Jackson was educated at Foyle College in Derry and Trinity College Dublin. He played rugby during his youth and in 1877 was capped for Ireland as a forward against England at The Oval. Called to the bar in 1879, Jackson had a practice at the North East-Bar and became a QC in 1900. He was a Master of the King's Bench.[1]

Jackson married the daughter of barrister William Lane-Joynt, a former Lord Mayor of Dublin[1] He was the father of the six-time Irish amateur golf champion Janet Jackson and had a son Cyril who led Ireland in the 1931 Davis Cup.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Death of an Irish K.C. . . 30 December 1930.
  2. Web site: Jackson, Arabella Jeanette Charlotte Violet Mowbray . Dictionary of Irish Biography.