Joseph Cooksey Jackson

Joseph Cooksey Jackson KC (12 Jan 1879 – 26 Apr 1938[1]) was a British barrister and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe from 1931–1935.[1]

He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Lancaster[2] and Clare College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1900.[2] He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1908, and was called to the bar in 1909.[2]

He defended the boxer Jackie Brown on an assault charge in 1934, with Edgar Lustgarten as his junior.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "House of Commons". Leigh Rayment. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jackson, Joseph Cooksey (JK897JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Boxer who bit a man's ear". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Abraham England
Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe
19311935
Succeeded by
Richard Whitaker Porritt


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