An Original Letter Headed Paper from Allerton Hall Leeds and Signed by William Lawies Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton

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An Original Letter Headed Paper from Allerton Hall Leeds and Signed by William Lawies Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton. Dated 1887. A letter to Mr Leigh about a meeting to discuss Conservative matters at Allerton Hall. William Lawies Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton, 1840-1917 was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Jackson was elected to Leeds Borough Council in 1859. He entered national politics when he unsuccessfully contested Leeds in an 1876 by-election. He was successful in being elected for the same constituency in 1880. He switched to the Northern Division of Leeds in 1885, and he would represent that constituency until he was raised to the peerage in 1902. Jackson served two separate periods as Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1885?1886 and 1886?1891), being created a Privy Counsellor on 30 June 1890. He was then appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1891, serving in that position for one year, although he did not sit in the Cabinet. Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859. Size is 152m x 92mm. Condition is good. Folding crease. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17164. N° de ref. del artículo 024736

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