About Henry Jackson
Henry Jackson was a rugby union player.
Henry William Jackson (3 November 1853 — 28 December 1930) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Clones, County Monaghan, Jackson was educated at Foyle College in Derry and Trinity College Dublin. He played rugby during his youth and in 1877 was capped for Ireland as a forward against England at The Oval. Called to the bar in 1879, Jackson had a practice at the North East-Bar and became a QC in 1900. He was a Master of the King's Bench.
Jackson married the daughter of barrister William Lane-Joynt, a former Lord Mayor of Dublin
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