Arthur Jackson (Irish politician)

Arthur Jackson (1853–1938) was an Irish politician. He was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1922 to 1928.[1] From County Sligo, he was nominated to the Seanad by the President of the Executive Council in 1922 for 6 years.[2] He did not contest the 1928 Seanad election.[1]

Businessman and "the last of the great merchants who made Sligo famous as a trading port",[3] Arthur Jackson was born in Belfast. He moved to Sligo in the 1870s, was High Sheriff of the county in 1899 and died at his home, Lisroyan House, Sligo, on 6 February 1938.[4]

References
  1. "Arthur Jackson". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  2. "President's nominees for Seanad". Houses of the Oireachtas. 6 December 1922. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  3. https://sligolibrary.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/11-MERCHANTS-10.pdf
  4. Sligo Champion, 12 February 1938, p.5


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