About Joseph Cooksey Jackson
Lived 1879 – 1938 (aged 59). Joseph Cooksey Jackson was a British politician.
Joseph Cooksey Jackson KC (12 January 1879 – 26 April 1938 ) was a British barrister and Conservative politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe from 1931 to 1935. and Clare College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1900. He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1908, and was called to the bar in 1909. In 1936 he successfully prosecuted Dr Buck Ruxton, in the infamous killings known as the Jigsaw Murders.
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Who was Joseph Cooksey Jackson?
British politician (1879-1938)
When was Joseph Cooksey Jackson born?
Joseph Cooksey Jackson was born on 12 January 1879.
When did Joseph Cooksey Jackson die?
Joseph Cooksey Jackson died on 26 April 1938.
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Joseph Cooksey Jackson was a politician.
What nationality was Joseph Cooksey Jackson?
Joseph Cooksey Jackson was British.
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