William Jackson (Archdeacon of Carlisle)

William Jackson (17 December 1792[1] – 13 September 1878) was an English Anglican priest and academic.[2]

Born in Grasmere, to Rector Thomas Jackson, Jackson was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford, matriculating in 1808 and graduating B.A. in 1812; and was then Fellow and Tutor there until 1828. He was Rector of Lowther from 1828 to 1841; and then of Cliburn from 1841 to 1858. He was also Archdeacon of Carlisle from 1855 until 1858;[3] and Provost of The Queen's College from 1862[4] until his death in 1878 in Carlisle.[5]

References
  1. Foster, Joseph (1893). Oxford Men & Their Colleges. Oxford, J. Parker. p. 171. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  2. "The Queen's College | British History Online". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Jackson, William (15)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. The Queen's College by Magrath, John Richard: Oxford, Clarendon, 1921
  5. "University Intelligence". The Times (London, England), Monday, Sep 16, 1878; pg. 6; Issue 29361
Church of England titles
Preceded by
William Goodenough		 Archdeacons of Carlisle
1855 – 1858		 Succeeded by
William Whitmarsh Phelps
Academic offices
Preceded by
William Thomson		 Provosts of The Queen's College, Oxford
1862 – 1878		 Succeeded by
John Richard Magrath


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