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| image = Stanley Jackson MP.jpg| caption = Jackson in 1923| office1 = Financial Secretary to the War Office| term_start1 = 1922| term_end1 = 1923| predecessor1 = George Frederick Stanley| successor1 = Rupert Gwynne| office2 = Chairman of the Conservative Party| term_start2 = 1923| term_end2 = 1926George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie>George YoungerJ. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson>John DavidsonList of governors of Bengal Presidency#Governors of Bengal (Restored, 1912–1947)>Governor of Bengal| term_start3 = 1927| term_end3 = 1932Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton>The Earl of LyttonJohn Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley>Sir John AndersonMember of Parliament (United Kingdom)>Member of Parliament for Howdenshire1915 Howdenshire by-election>19151926 Howdenshire by-election>1926| predecessor4 = Henry Harrison-Broadley| successor4 = William Henton Carver| module =

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| birth_place = Chapel Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire, England1947911df=yes}}Hyde Park, London>Hyde Park, London, England| heightft =| heightinch =| heightm =| batting = Right-handedFast bowling>fast-medium| role =| family =| international = true| testdebutdate = 17 July| testdebutyear = 1893| testdebutagainst = Australia| testcap = 82| lasttestdate = 16 August| lasttestyear = 1905| lasttestagainst = AustraliaYorkshire County Cricket Club>Yorkshire1890–1907}}Cambridge University Cricket Club>Cambridge University1890–1893}}| columns = 2Test cricket>Tests| matches1 = 20| runs1 = 1,415| bat avg1 = 48.79| 100s/50s1 = 5/6not out>*| deliveries1 = 1,587| wickets1 = 24| bowl avg1 = 33.29| fivefor1 = 1| tenfor1 = 0| best bowling1 = 5/52| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–First-class cricket>First-class| matches2 = 309| runs2 = 15,901| bat avg2 = 33.83| 100s/50s2 = 31/76| top score2 = 160| deliveries2 = 37,516| wickets2 = 774| bowl avg2 = 20.37| fivefor2 = 42| tenfor2 = 6| best bowling2 = 8/54| catches/stumpings2 = 195/–| date = 11 November| year = 2008| source =weblink Cricinfo}}}}Sir Francis Stanley Jackson {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCSI|GCIE|KStJ}}Jackson's obituary in the 1948 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. This gives his full name as Francis Stanley Jackson, whereas Cricinfo and CricketArchive both give his full name as Frank Stanley Jackson. This article uses the name given by Wisden. (21 November 1870 – 9 March 1947),WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090810231410weblink">weblink 10 August 2009, Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with H, part 4, Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page, usurped, 14 January 2010, known as the Honourable Stanley Jackson during his playing career, was an English cricketer, soldier and Conservative Party politician. He played in 20 Test matches for the England cricket team between 1893 and 1905.

Early life

Jackson was born in Leeds. His father was William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton. During Stanley's time at Harrow School his fag was fellow parliamentarian and future Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1889.{{acad|id=JK889FF|name=Jackson, Francis (or Frank) Stanley}}

Cricket career

(File:Stanley Jackson c1895cr.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Jackson c. 1895)Jackson played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and England. He spotted the talent of Ranjitsinhji when the latter, owing to his unorthodox batting and his race, was struggling to find a place for himself in the university side, and as captain was responsible for Ranji's inclusion in the Cambridge First XI and the awarding of his Blue. According to Alan Gibson this was "a much more controversial thing to do than would seem possible to us now".BOOK, Alan, Gibson, Alan Gibson, The Cricket Captains of England, Pavilion Books, 1989, 978-1-85145-395-5, 91–2, He was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1894.He captained England in five Test matches in 1905, winning two and drawing three to retain The Ashes.Alan Gibson wrote a book about his achievements in that series, published in 1966: Jackson's Year: The Test Matches Of 1905. Captaining England for the first time, he won all five tosses and topped the batting and bowling averages for both sides, with 492 runs at 70.28 and 13 wickets at 15.46. These were the last of his 20 Test matches, all played at home as he could not spare the time to tour. Jackson still holds the Test record for the most matches in a career without playing away from home.BOOK, Walmsley, Keith, Mosts Without in Test Cricket, 2003, Keith Walmsley Publishing Pty Ltd, Reading, England, 0947540067, 457, .NEWS,weblink This Week in History: November 17–23, SuperSport official website, 24 March 2017, en, An orthodox batsman with a penchant for forcing strokes in front of square on both sides of the wicket he was regarded as a very sound player of fast bowling. His own bowling was a brisk fast medium, with a good off cutter his main weapon. While his commitments outside of cricket limited the number of games he played he was a key member of the very strong Yorkshire sides who won 6 county championships during his career (although this did include 1901 when Jackson did not appear in the county championship). His performances in 1896 and 1898 in particular showed what his statistics could have been if he had been able to dedicate more time, scoring over 1,000 championship runs at better than 40.00 in each season and taking over 100 wickets across the two seasons at an average of under 20.BOOK, Coldham, James, F.S.Jackson: A Cricketing Biography, 1989, 1852231475, The Crowood Press Ltd, He was also the first batsman to be dismissed in the so-called "nervous nineties" on Test debut.NEWS,weblink Records {{!, Test matches {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Ninety on debut |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=24 March 2017}}NEWS,weblink England v Australia 1893, 2 May 2008, ESPNcricinfo, 24 March 2017, NEWS,weblink 1st Test: England v Australia at Lord's, Jul 17–19, 1893 {{!, Cricket Scorecard |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=24 March 2017}}Gibson wrote of him as a cricketer that he had "a toughness of character, a certain ruthlessness behind the genial exterior... He does not seem to have been a particularly popular man, though he was always a deeply respected one."He was President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1921.Jackson succeeded Lord Hawke as President of Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1938 after Hawke's death and held the post until his own death in 1947.Kilburn, p. 123.

Military and political career

As a former lieutenant in the Harrow School Volunteers, on 16 January 1900 Jackson was gazetted to a captaincy direct rather than being promoted in the normal way.NEWS, 30 January 1900, The Militia Forces, 5, The Manchester Guardian, He was appointed captain in 3rd (1st Royal Lancashire Militia) Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).{{London Gazette| issue=27156 |page=433 |date=23 January 1900}} He left with his battalion in February 1900 to serve in the Second Boer War,NEWSPAPER THE TIMES, The War – Embarcation of Troops, 13 February 1900, 11, 36064, and arrived in South Africa the following month. He transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1914.He was elected as a Member of Parliament at a by-election in February 1915,BOOK , representing Howdenshire (Yorkshire) until resigning his seat on 3 November 1926.WEB , He served as Financial Secretary to the War Office 1922–23. In 1927 he was appointed Governor of Bengal and in that year was knighted with the GCIE and was made a member of the Privy Council. In 1928 while he was Governor of Bengal, he inaugurated The Malda District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd in Malda District of Bengal to promote co-operative movements. He was awarded the KStJ in 1932.On 6 February 1932, Jackson sidestepped and ducked five pistol shots fired at close range by a girl student named Bina Das in the Convocation Hall of the University of Calcutta. Escaping unharmed and smiling, "[e]ven before the smoke had blown away, the Governor resumed his speech amid cheers."Five shots fired at governor Glasgow Herald, 8 February 1932, p. 11 The attacker was tackled and disarmed by Lieutenant-Colonel Hassan Suhrawardy (the first Muslim vice chancellor of the University of Calcutta), who was knighted by the King for his heroism.Bravery Recognised Brisbane Courier 18 February 1932, at Trove Later that year, Jackson was appointed GCSI.

Family

Jackson married at St. Helen's Church, Welton, East Yorkshire, on 5 November 1902 to Miss Harrison-Broadley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison-Broadley, of Welton-House, Brough, Yorkshire.NEWSPAPER THE TIMES, Court Circular, 6 November 1902, 8, 36918,

Funeral

File:England v Australia 1899.jpg|right|thumb|450px|England team v. Australia, Trent Bridge 1899. Back row: Dick Barlow (umpire), Tom Hayward, George Hirst, Billy Gunn, J T Hearne (12th man), Bill Storer (wkt kpr), Bill Brockwell, V A Titchmarsh (umpire). Middle row: C B Fry, K S Ranjitsinhji, W G Grace (captain), Stanley Jackson. Front row: Wilfred Rhodes, Johnny TyldesleyJohnny TyldesleyJackson died in London of complications following a road accident.Kilburn, p. 122. Recalling his funeral, the Bishop of Knaresborough remarked "As I gazed down on the rapt faces of that vast congregation, I could see how they revered him as though he were the Almighty, though, of course, infinitely stronger on the leg side."

See also

• History of Test cricket (1890 to 1900)

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