Joseph Cooksey Jackson KC (12 January 1879 – 26 April 1938) was a British barrister and

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politician. He was the

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for Heywood and Radcliffe from 1931 to 1935. He was educated at the

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and

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, where he graduated B.A. in 1900. He was admitted to the

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in 1908, and was called to the bar in 1909. He defended the boxer

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on an assault charge in 1934, with

Edgar Lustgarten Edgar Marcus Lustgarten (3 May 1907 – 15 December 1978) was a British broadcaster and noted crime writer. Biography Born in the Broughton Park area of Salford, Lancashire, he was the son of Joseph and Sara (née Finklestein) Lustgarten. H ...

as his junior.

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* 1879 births 1938 deaths Members of the Middle Temple 20th-century King's Counsel Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge People educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub