JACKSON, Sir George, 1st Bt. (1725-1822), of Hartham House, Corsham, Wilts.

Jackson, a ministerial candidate, regained his seat at Colchester in 1790, having lost it on petition to his Whig opponent, George Tierney, the year before. Tierney again resorted to a petition, which turned on Jackson’s supposed disqualification as a pensioner (he had been awarded £400 p.a. when dismissed as second secretary at the Admiralty in 1782) but the House rejected it. Jackson made no mark in his last Parliament. He was reckoned hostile to the repeal of the Test Act in Scotland in 1791. He was granted leave of absence from an election committee, 25 Apr. 1792, and voted against the abolition of the slave trade, 15 Mar. 1796. He was listed as wanting a seat in 1796, but did not obtain one. He died 15 Dec. 1822, aged 97. Thanks to his friendship with Captain Cook the explorer, Port Jackson, New South Wales and Point Jackson, New Zealand were named after him— before he took the surname of Duckett. George Duckett was his son and heir.PRO 30/8/197, f. 98.