Jackson, Richard
(1721/2–1787)
- W. P. Courtney
- , revised by J.-M. Alter
Extract
Jackson, Richard (1721/2–1787), politician, was the only son of Richard Jackson (d. 1768) of Weasenham Hall, Norfolk, and his wife, Elizabeth, the daughter of Edmund Clarke. His father, who was from Dublin, was a merchant and a director of the South Sea Company...