George Jackson (Irish politician)
George Jackson (1761–1805) was an Irish politician.[1]
His was the eldest son of George Jackson and his wife Jane Cuffe, the sister of James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley and entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1777.
He succeeded his uncle in representing Mayo in the Irish House of Commons from 1798 to the Act of Union in 1801. He was subsequently a Member of Parliament for Mayo in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1802.
He married Maria, the daughter and heiress of William Rutledge of Foxford, co. Mayo, and had 6 sons and 7 daughters. His son James, born in 1790, became a Lieutenant-General in the British Army.
References
- ^ "JACKSON, George (1761-1805), of Enniscoe, co. Mayo". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 26 September 2016.