[[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] ”’Basil Rawdon Jackson”’ (20 May 1892 – 29 March 1957) was a British businessman and second chairman of the board of [[BP|British Petroleum]] from 1956 to 1957.<ref name=”times”>{{cite news |title= Obituary: Mr. B. R. Jackson |work=[[The Times]] |date= 30 March 1957|page=8 }}</ref>
[[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] ”’Basil Rawdon Jackson”’ (20 May 1892 – 29 March 1957) was a British businessman and second chairman of the board of [[BP|British Petroleum]] from 1956 to 1957.<ref name=”times”>{{cite news |title= Obituary: Mr. B. R. Jackson |work=[[The Times]] |date= 30 March 1957|page=8 }}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Jackson was born in [[St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador|St John’s]], [[Newfoundland Colony]],<ref>”U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942”</ref><ref>”1911 England Census”</ref> the son of Sir [[Henry Moore Jackson]], a British colonial governor, and Emily Corbett Shea, daughter of Sir [[Edward Dalton Shea]].
==Military service==
In December 1915, Jackson was commissioned as a second lieutenant (on probation) in the Royal Garrison Artillery.<ref name=Gazette1915>{{cite web |title=The London Gazette (3 December 1915), p. 12068 |website=The Gazette |publisher=The Stationery Office |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29390/page/12068/data.pdf |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref>
In 1957, he was succeeded by [[Neville Gass]] as chairman of BP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Neville_Gass |title=Neville Gass |website=Gracesguide.co.uk |date=2016-06-17 |access-date=2016-07-21}}</ref>
In 1957, he was succeeded by [[Neville Gass]] as chairman of BP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Neville_Gass |title=Neville Gass |website=Gracesguide.co.uk |date=2016-06-17 |access-date=2016-07-21}}</ref>
British businessman
Captain Basil Rawdon Jackson (20 May 1892 – 29 March 1957) was a British businessman and second chairman of the board of British Petroleum from 1956 to 1957.[1]
Early life and education
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Jackson was born in St John’s, Newfoundland Colony,[2][3] the son of Sir Henry Moore Jackson, a British colonial governor, and Emily Corbett Shea, daughter of Sir Edward Dalton Shea.
In December 1915, Jackson was commissioned as a second lieutenant (on probation) in the Royal Garrison Artillery.[4]
He was working in the oil industry and living in New York City during the 1930 and 1940 Censuses.[5] He was deputy chairman of BP, and in 1956 succeeded William Fraser, 1st Baron Strathalmond as chairman. He stepped down due to poor health in January 1957 and died in March the same year.[6][7]
In 1957, he was succeeded by Neville Gass as chairman of BP.[8]
