Joseph Jackson was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1659. Jackson was an alderman of

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and was Sheriff of Bristol in 1642 and Mayor in 1651. In 1655 he was made a Military Commissioner for Bristol on 14 March and added to the Trade Committee and made one of the Trade and Navigation Committee on 1 November.W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester''
/ref> In 1659, he was elected

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for

in the

Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons. It was a bicameral Parliament, with an Upper House having a powe ...

. He was Military Commissioner again in 1659. Jackson was probably the younger brother of

Miles Jackson Miles Jackson was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656. Jackson was an alderman of Bristol and served as Sheriff of Bristol in 1631 and as Mayor in 1649. In April 1654, Jackson was elected Member of Parliamen ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Joseph Year of birth missing Year of death missing English MPs 1659 High Sheriffs of Bristol Mayors of Bristol