John Jackson (businessman)

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John Jackson
Born
John Bernard Haysom Jackson

(1929-05-26) 26 May 1929 (age 94)
Devon, England
Education University of Cambridge
Organization Mishcon de Reya

John Bernard Haysom Jackson (born 26 May 1929) [1] is an author and campaigner, a current chairman at the solicitors firm Mishcon de Reya, and a former Chairman of the Countryside Alliance. Qualifying as a barrister in 1954, he had a career in business and the technology industries during the 60s, 70s and 80s: most notably with technology company Philips. From the 90s onwards he moved into democratic and constitutional advocacy, particularly through the Countryside Alliance, OpenDemocracy.net [2] and Unlock Democracy. [3]

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Early life and family

Jackson was born in Devon in 1929, where he lives now.[ citation needed ] His family moved to the Dorset coast for several years, and then to London as his father found work during the Great Depression years of the 1930s.[ citation needed ] He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, and from there he went on to the University of Cambridge to read law as the Squire Scholar in 1949,[ citation needed ] before qualifying in 1954.

Jackson has three children, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren, and has been married twice.[ citation needed ] He spent much of his married life in Kent, continuing the self-sufficient lifestyle he learnt as a child. [4]

Career

Over the last 60 years Jackson has been engaged in a number of industries, holding chairmanships or directorships in Philips, Hilton, BHP, Graseby, Instore, Celltech, WPP, Wyndham Press and in the Oxford Technology Venture Capital Trusts. [5] He was appointed non-solicitor Chairman of London law firm Mishcon de Reya., [6] in 1992 [7]

Jackson has also become increasingly involved in political and constitutional debates, initially through campaigning with the Countryside Alliance, [8] and later by contributing to public discussions [9] and writing articles. [10] [11]

Publishing

John Jackson's first book, A Bucket of Nuts and a Herring Net was published in 1979 (Collins and Harvill Press). It was an account of family life on a small-holding in rural Kent, and of self-sufficiency. The book was reprinted with a new introduction and an end piece in 2000, as A Little Piece of England: A Tale of Self-Sufficiency by Merlin Unwin Books. [12]

Jackson's independent publishing venture JJ Books [13] was launched in 2011, with the aim of JJ Books reissued A Little Piece of England in July 2011. In October 2011, the company published the hardback edition of "Tales for Great Grandchildren", a collection of fables and mythological tales that Jackson gathered during his travels in Nepal in 1978. [14]

The company plans to publish several new collections of stories (in illustrated hardback and digital editions). [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Birthdays today". The Telegraph. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2014. Mr John Jackson, company chairman, 82
  2. ↑ "42 days and the Constitution". openDemocracy.
  3. ↑ "John Jackson". The Guardian .
  4. ↑ [ dead link ] The Independent 2002
  5. ↑ Oxford Technology Venture Capital Trusts
  6. ↑ Mishcon de Reya
  7. ↑ "John Jackson - Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Bitter split threatens Countryside Alliance". The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 1 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Intelligence Squared Archived 16 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ "John Jackson". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 24 May 2018.
  11. ↑ Open Democracy article
  12. ↑ Merlin Unwin Books
  13. ↑ JJ Books
  14. ↑ JJ Books 2011
  15. ↑ JJ Books website 2011
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