Charles James Jackson
Welsh businessman and collector (1849-1923)
Sir Charles James Jackson (2 May 1846 – 23 April 1923) was a British businessman, collector, barrister, newspaper executive, politician, and writer, who was an authority on antique gold and silver plate.
Biography
Jackson was born in Monmouth, the son of James Edward Jackson and his wife, Mary Ann Bass. The Jackson family owned a building company in Monmouth, but in 1860 removed to Cardiff. There, they established a successful business, designing and constructing buildings and investing in commercial property. Charles Jackson described himself as an architect. In 1879 he stood as an independent candidate for Roath ward on Cardiff Borough Council, but was not elected. However, in 1882 he was elected as the Conservative councillor for the Cardiff East ward.
He stood down from the council in 1887, to complete his training as a barrister. In 1888, he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, and thereafter developed his own practice on the South Wales legal circuit, as well as working on private Parliamentary bills relating to the building industry. After his sister Helen married Henry Lascelles Carr, the owner of the Western Mail who later became the proprietor of the News of the World, Charles Jackson became a director of the newspaper in 1893.
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