Harold Warters Jackson

Sir Harold Warters Jackson (5 April 1883 – 4 December 1972)[1][2] was an English solicitor who served as Lord Mayor of Sheffield in 1930.[3] He was knighted in 1952 for political and public services in Sheffield.[4]

Career

Jackson graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1903.[5] He served a clerkship with a Sheffield law firm and in 1904 was admitted with honours to the Roll of Solicitors of the Supreme Court.[6] He was elected to the Sheffield City Council for the first time in 1911, became an alderman in 1929 and Lord Mayor the following year, and retired in 1966.[7] He was awarded the Freedom of the City of Sheffield in 1945.[8]

References
  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
  3. "List of Past Lord Mayors of Sheffield". Sheffield City Council. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  4. "No. 39555". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1952. p. 3008.
  5. University of London (1912). The historical record (1836-1912) being a supplement to the Calendar completed to September 1912. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 249.
  6. Law Newspaper Co. (1904). "Solicitors' Journal and Reporter". Solicitors' Journal and Reporter. 48: 660.
  7. The Solicitors' Journal. Vol. 110. 1966. p. 876.
  8. "Civic Honours". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 18 October 2023.


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