Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson

Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson
Governor of Tanganyika
In office
19 June 1941 – 28 April 1945
Preceded bySir Mark Aitchison Young
Succeeded bySir William Denis Battershill
Governor of British Guiana
In office
19 November 1937 – 7 November 1941
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded bySir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote
Succeeded bySir Gordon James Lethem
Governor of Mauritius
In office
30 August 1930 – 7 June 1937
Preceded bySir Herbert James Read
Succeeded bySir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford
Personal details
Born1883 (1883)
St. John's, Newfoundland
Died1971 (aged 87–88)
RelationsSir Edward St. John Jackson (brother)
Parent

Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson, GCMG (1883 – 28 March 1971) was a British colonial governor.

Jackson was born in St John's, Newfoundland, the son of Sir Henry Moore Jackson and his wife, Emily, Lady Jackson (née Shea). Edward St. John Jackson was his younger brother. The brothers were raised in their mother's Roman Catholic faith. He was educated at the Jesuit Stonyhurst College and at Lincoln College, Oxford.[1]

He was the Governor of Mauritius from 30 August 1930 to 7 June 1937 and was knighted on 3 June 1931.

During this period the constitution was modified in 1933, and Dr Maurice Curé founded the worker's party as first political party in February 1936. Colonial secretary Edward Walter Evans (1890–1985) acted in place of him for these periods, when he was absent because of professional reasons.

Afterward, Jackson served as Governor of British Guiana from 1937 to 1941 and then he was Governor of Tanganyika from 1941 to 1945.

  1. ^ Who's Who in Canada. International Press. 1924. p. 1110. Retrieved 1 February 2021.