Richard Jackson

• Birth date            29 December 1851 at Liverpool
• Baptism               25 January 1852 (Lancashire Non-conformist Church Records)
• Married                10 November 1886 at St Alban’s, Macclesfield, Kate Eaton (1859-1937)
• Death date          28 December 1937 Isle of Man
• Interment           Douglas Borough Cemetery

The son of William Jackson and Mary (Ainscough), Richard Jackson was born at Liverpool on 29 December 1851 and was educated at St. Edmund's Catholic College. By 1871 the family had moved to Manchester, residing in Broughton, Salford. Richard Jackson served his articles to an unknown Manchester architect before commencing independent practice in Manchester. By 1883 he is listed in Slater’s Directory with an office at 8 King Street. By 1886 he had removed to 56 Ward’s Building, Deansgate, Manchester. A devout Roman Catholic, he specialised in designing and supervising the erection of Catholic churches and schools. The Isle of Man Times obituary listed among the works for which he was responsible were new schools at Pendleton, Salford; the new church and presbytery of St. Mary's, Radcliffe; new schools at St. Joseph's, Bury; schools in Weaste and Withington, Manchester; new schools at St. Joseph's, Heywood; a new church and presbytery at Oswaldtwistle, near Accrington; schools at Nelson. Royton, Brierfield, and elsewhere in Lancashire. He also did work at the Grand Theatre, Stockport.

In 1906 he retired to Baldrine, five miles north of Douglas on the Isle of Man. Here he built a couple of houses on Clay Head, being the first of a colony of “modern houses” occupied mostly by retired business and professional people.

Physically Richard Jackson presented a striking figure, with a large head and thick white beard. In his prime he was nicknamed "the Duke of Norfolk," and photographs show him to have borne a remarkable resemblance to the Catholic nobleman.

Richard Jackson died at “Lhergy," Baldrine, on 28 December 1937, on the eve of his 87^th birthday and was interred at the Douglas Borough Cemetery. His wife, Kate, had died in August 1937. The couple had no children but had adopted their niece, Ethel Jackson.

 

Obituary    Isle of Man Times, Saturday, 8 January 1938; Page: 5
Obituary    Isle of Man Examiner, Friday, 7 January 1938; Page: 15
Obituary    Ramsey Courier, Friday, 7 January 1938; abridged entry
Obituary    Liverpool Echo Monday 3 January 1938 page 9
Obituary    Manchester Guardian 4 January 1938 page 17

Address
1883        Richard Jackson. Architect and surveyor, 8 King Street, Manchester
1886        Richard Jackson. Architect 56, Ward’s Buildings. Deansgate, Manchester
1895        Richard Jackson. 46, Ward’s Buildings. Deansgate, Manchester
1903        Richard Jackson 41 John Dalton Street, Manchester

Residence
1871             Broughton, Salford
1881             Stretford Road, Urmston
1883             Daisy Bank, Urmston
1886-1891    Dean Row near Wilmslow
1911             Lonan Parish Isle of Man
1906-1937    “Lhergy," Baldrine, Isle of Man